| Dennis Michael Collins | |
| Office: | Mayor of Toledo |
| Order: | 62nd |
| Term Start: | January 2, 2014 |
| Term End: | February 6, 2015 |
| Successor: | Paula Hicks-Hudson (acting) |
| Office2: | Member of the Toledo City Council from 2nd district |
| Term Start2: | 2008 |
| Term End2: | 2014 |
| Birth Date: | 30 June 1944 |
| Birth Place: | Toledo, Ohio, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Toledo, Ohio, U.S. |
| Party: | Independent |
| Spouse: | Sandy Drabik |
| Children: | 3 daughters 1 son |
| Education: | St. James Grade School Libbey High School (1962) |
| Alma Mater: | The University of Toledo (B.S., 1975; M.B.A., 1998) |
Dennis Michael Collins (June 30, 1944 - February 6, 2015) was an American politician who served as the mayor of Toledo, Ohio, from 2014 until his death in 2015.[1] [2] An Independent, he was a member of the Toledo City Council from District 2 (2008-2014). In the 2013 mayoral election, Collins defeated incumbent Independent mayor Michael P. Bell, winning 55.37% of the total vote.[3] [4]
A graduate of Libbey High School (1962),[5] he held a Bachelor of Science degree in Human Resources Management and Natural Sciences (1975) and a Masters of Business Administration degree (1998) from the University of Toledo.[5]
He was married to Sandy Drabik and had three daughters and a son (who died in 2000).
On the afternoon of February 1, 2015, television news bulletins reported that Collins had been hospitalized with what was described as a "coronary episode".[6] That night the mayor's spokesman announced that Collins was in critical condition after suffering a coronary arrest before being resuscitated.[7] Because he was unable to perform his mayoral duties, Toledo City Council president Paula Hicks-Hudson was sworn in on February 1, 2015, as acting mayor.[8] She is Toledo's first African American woman to lead the city. Collins died on February 6, 2015, at the age of 70.[9] [10]