About Beverly O'Neill
Born 1930. Beverly O'Neill is an American politician.
Beverly Joy O'Neill (née Lewis; born September 8, 1930) is an American politician. She served as mayor of Long Beach, California from 1994 to 2006. She is the only three-term citywide elected mayor of Long Beach, having won her third term as a write-in candidate because of Long Beach's term limits law preventing a two-term mayor from appearing on the ballot.
Life and career O'Neill is a graduate of Long Beach Polytechnic High School, and an alumnus of both California State University, Long Beach (B.A. 1952, M.A. 1956) and USC (Ed.D. 1977).
O'Neill's parents moved from South Dakota to Long Beach before she was born. She married her high school beau, Bill, in 1952.
O'Neill spent 31 years at Long Beach City College, beginning as a music instructor and women's advisor, and rising to the level of superintendent-president.
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Beverly O'Neill was born on 8 September 1930 in Long Beach.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Beverly O'Neill. https://biography.guide/beverly-o-neill/
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