Decades of Leadership Mayors
W. F. Dodson
Served as Mayor from 1946 to 1948
H. O. Good
Served as Mayor from 1948 to 1950
First served as Alderman from 1946 to 1948
Lawson Lewis
Served as Mayor from 1950 to 1960
First served as Alderman from 1946 to 1950
Oley Attebery
Served as Mayor from 1960 to 1962
First served as Councilmember from 1957 to 1960
A. J. "Spot" Airoldi
Served as Mayor from 1962 to 1968
First served as Councilmember in 1962
Robert H. Langdon
Served as Mayor from May 1968 to April 1969
W. C. "Bill" Roberts, Jr.
Served as Mayor from April 1969 to September 1969
First served as Councilmember from 1966 to 1969
George G. Grimmer
Served as Mayor from 1969 to 1978
First served as Councilmember from 1967 to 1969
Bill Binford
Served as Mayor from 1978 to 1982
First served as Councilmember 1970 to 1978
John D. Dodd
Served as Mayor from 1982 to 1988
First served as Councilmember from 1975 to 1982
Dave Blair
Served as Mayor from 1988 to 1996
First served as Councilmember from 1982 to 1988
Oral History Transcription 2 - Dave Blair (PDF)
Audio courtesy of former Farmers Branch City Manager Richard Escalante's eulogy of Mayor Dave Blair | 2018
Bob Phelps
Served as Mayor from 1996 to 2008 and 2014 to 2017
First served as Councilmember from 1986 to 1996
Tim O'Hare
Served as Mayor from 2008 to 2011
First served Councilmember from 2005 to 2008
William "Bill" P. Glancy
Served as Mayor from 2011 to 2014 and Interim December 2022-May 2023
First served as Councilmember from 1982 to 1986
Robert C. Dye
Served as Mayor May 2017 to November 2022
Terry Lynne
Serving as Mayor from 2023 to 2026.
First served as Councilmember from 2016 to 2022.