Hidden Bibliographic Details
| Varying Form of Title: | History Makers video oral history with Betty Francis
Betty Francis
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| Other authors / contributors: | Francis, Betty, 1946- interviewee.
Hamilton, Racine Tucker, interviewer.
Lane, Edgar Carey, director of photography.
HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.
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| Sound characteristics: | digital
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| Digital file characteristics: | video file
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| Notes: | Videographer, Edgar Carey Lane.
Racine Tucker Hamilton, interviewer.
Recorded Mitchellville, Maryland 2004 May 18.
Vendor-supplied metadata.
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| Summary: | Lawyer and government administrator Betty Hager Francis was born and raised in Washington, D.C. In 1967, Francis graduated from Howard University with her B.A. degree in political science and earned her J.D. degree from Suffolk University Law School in 1980. She began her legal career as an attorney at the Boston Housing Authority and the Greater Boston Legal Services. In 1984, then Governor Michael Dukakis appointed Francis associate commissioner of Massachusetts Department of Public Works. In addition to working on transportation issues such as The Big Dig project, she served as chief administrative law judge there. In 1991, she was appointed director of public works in Washington, D.C., by Mayor Sharon Pratt Kelley. In 1995, Francis was named director of Prince George's County Department of Public Works and Transportation in Maryland, and later served as deputy chief administrative officer for the county's department of health, human services and education.
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