Willis Van Dusen

Willis L. Van Dusen is a businessman and former politician in Astoria, Oregon, United States, who served as mayor of Astoria from 1991 through 2014. Originally elected to the city council in 1985, Willis served as a councillor for six years before being elected mayor. He took the oath of office in January 1991 and was re-elected every four years since that time, most recently re-elected in 2010. In 2014, he announced that he had decided to retire at the end of his term and not run for reelection again. He was succeeded by Arline LaMear, who was sworn in as mayor on January 5, 2015.