26-Year-Old Mayor Takes Charge Of Pittsburgh...

New York Times Ian Urbina September 9, 2006 at 10:07 AM

At 26, many people haven't even decided on a career. Luke Ravenstahl is already the mayor of Pittsburgh.

In the four short years since he left college, Mr. Ravenstahl has mastered the art of being at the right place at the right time, and last week he became the youngest mayor of any major city in the country, after the previous mayor, Bob O'Connor, died of a brain tumor.

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