Raymond Telles became the first Mexican-American mayor of a major U.S. city, when he was elected in 1957 for El Paso. He ran unopposed for a second term, then President Kennedy appointed him as Ambassador to Costa Rica. In 1967 President Johnson appointed him as chairman of the U.S.-Mexican Border Commission. President Nixon then appointed him chairman of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
He passed away in 2013 at 97.
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