Jan Coggeshall

Janice Reddig Coggeshall (June 27, 1935 – June 19, 2017) was an American politician who served as the 49th mayor of Galveston, Texas, from 1984 to 1989.

Early life and education Coggeshall was born in 1935 in Maplewood, New Jersey, the daughter of James Clendenin Reddig and Geraldine Baddenoch Reddig. Her father was an insurance agent. She was raised in Rochester, New York, and graduated from Irondequoit High School in Rochester. She earned a degree in mathematics from Wellesley College in 1957.

Career Janice Reddig Coggeshall worked at the National Security Agency in Washington, D.C., after college. She moved to Galveston, Texas in 1971. She chaired the state Oil Spill Committee, and on an advisory committee of FEMA. After politics, she worked as a financial advisor at Merrill Lynch. The Rosenberg Library Museum has her files from her time as mayor, and her ERA bracelet. A live oak on the grounds of the library was dedicated to Coggeshall's memory in 2018.