Roy Albert Bernardi is a former United States Deputy Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. He was nominated by President George W. Bush on June 24, 2004 and confirmed by the United States Senate on November 21, 2004. Bernardi served as Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development at HUD and was appointed acting HUD Secretary on April 19, 2008, after the resignation of previous secretary Alphonso Jackson. He remained until administration nominee Steve Preston was confirmed on June 4. In 1993, Mr. Bernardi was elected the 51st Mayor of the City of Syracuse, New York where he served from 1994 to 2001. Bernardi previously served as the Syracuse City Auditor for five terms. He is a graduate of Syracuse University. [More at Wikipedia]

October 14th, 1942 in Syracuse (Age 81)