Lee P. Brown

Lee Brown
Official portrait, 1996
59th Mayor of Houston
In office January 2, 1998 – January 2, 2004
Preceded by	Bob Lanier
Succeeded by	Bill White
Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy
In office July 19, 1993 – January 1996
President	Bill Clinton
Preceded by	John Walters (Acting)
Succeeded by	Barry McCaffrey
Police Commissioner of New York City
In office January 22, 1990 – September 1, 1992
Appointed by	David Dinkins
Preceded by	Richard Condon
Succeeded by	Ray Kelly
Police Chief of Houston
In office 1982–1990
Appointed by	Kathy Whitmire
Preceded by	B.K. Johnson
Succeeded by	Elizabeth Watson
31st Sheriff of Multnomah County
In office 1975–1976
Preceded by	Louis Rinehart
Succeeded by	Edgar E. Martin
Personal details
Born	(1937-10-04) October 4, 1937 (age 87) Wewoka, Oklahoma, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Spouse(s)	Yvonne Brown ​ ​ (m. 1959; died 1992)​ Frances Young ​ (m. 1996)​
Children	4
Education	California State University, Fresno (BS) San Jose State University (MA) University of California, Berkeley (MS, PhD)

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Lee Patrick Brown (born October 4, 1937) is an American politician, criminologist and businessman; in 1997 he was the first African-American to be elected mayor of Houston, Texas. He was re-elected twice to serve the maximum of three terms from 1998 to 2004.^[1]

He has had a long career in law enforcement and academia; leading police departments in Atlanta, Houston and New York over the course of nearly four decades. With practical experience and a doctorate from University of California, Berkeley, he has combined research and operations in his career. After serving as Public Safety Commissioner of Atlanta, Georgia, he was appointed in 1982 as the first African-American police chief in Houston, Texas, where he implemented techniques in community policing to reduce crime.