Reception Set to Celebrate Legacy of Mayor Bill Euille

The 40-year legacy of Mayor Bill Euille will be celebrated Monday, Nov. 23 at a reception at the Carlyle Club in Alexandria.

Euille’s roots are deep in the community. Born in Alexandria, William Darnell “Bill” Euille graduated in 1968 from T. C. Williams High School before attending Quinnipiac University, in Hamden, Connecticut. Graduating with a bachelor’s degree in accounting in 1972, he returned to Alexandria, where he joined a local construction company as an accountant. He later started his own company.

Taking an interest in local affairs, Euille sat on the Alexandria School Board from 1974 to 1984 and on the Alexandria City Council from 1994 to 2003, serving as vice mayor from 1997 to 2000. He won election as the first African American mayor in Alexandria in 2003. He was reelected in 2006, 2009, and 2012.

Euille lost his bid for a fifth term, campaigning as a write-in candidate after losing a primary in June in a three-way race. On Nov. 3, he lost the election to Vice Mayor Allison Silberberg. The vote was 16,554 for Silberberg and 9,702 for Euille.

Euille has been involved in many charitable and business organizations, such as the Alexandria Chamber of Commerce, the Alexandria Boys and Girls Club, the Northern Virginia Urban League, and the Alexandria United Way Campaign.

He has received numerous awards for his contributions to the community from such organizations as the Alexandria and Virginia chapters of the NAACP, the Alexandria Chamber of Commerce, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the Washington Post, the Alexandria Sportsman Club, and the U.S. Small Business Administration.

The event celebrating his legacy will take place Nov. 23 at the Carlyle Club, 2050 Ballenger Ave., in Alexandria at 6:30 p.m. To attend the event, RSVP by clicking here: www.BillEuille.com/legacy. Tickets are $100 each.