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Whitmire was a Professor at the University Of Maryland, College Park where she taught Political Science classes in the Burns Leadership Academy . Whitmire was the second child of Ida Reeves and Carl Neiderhoffer, a Houston attorney. Whitmire served as the first female City Controller of Houston before her multiple terms as mayor that spanned nearly a decade. She was the first Mayor to appoint an African American , Lee P. Brown , as Houston's Police Chief . Brown later would also become mayor. She also appointed the first Hispanic , Sylvia R. Garcia , as presiding Judge of the Houston Municipal Court . Garcia later ran for Houston City Controller and Harris County Commissioner . Whitmire also drafted a major Monorail Mass Transit plan that was quickly killed off by Bob Lanier , her successor. In 2001 , Whitemire was featured on VH1 's " I Love The 80s " program due to her resemblance to Dustin Hoffman 's character " Tootsie ", a comparison that had been made while she was in office. Whitmire remarried in 2002 to Alan Robert Wehmer and is currently living in Hawaii . Texas State Senator John Whitmire is her ex-brother-in-law.
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