2003-04 Anschutz Distinguished Fellow Maurice Ferré served as the 37th mayor of the City of Miami from 1973-85. His extensive public service has also included presidential advisory appointments and terms in the Florida legislature and on the Dade County Board of Commissioners. His work has been recognized with numerous national honors at home and abroad. A member of the Council on Foreign Relations, Ferré has completed research and written extensively on the question of Hispanic accommodation and assimilation in the United States, which remains the major focus of his work.