Aurora icon and former Mayor Paul Tauer dies at 86
AURORA | Longtime Aurora Mayor Paul E. Tauer died this week. He was 86. Tauer was an iconic and perennial force in the city for decades. A Denver P...
AURORA | Longtime Aurora Mayor Paul E. Tauer died this week. He was 86. Tauer was an iconic and perennial force in the city for decades. A Denver Public Schools teacher for 30 years, he was elected to the Aurora City Council in 1979 and served until he was elected mayor in 1987. He served three terms as mayor, through 2003, leaving after being term limited. Tauer was born in 1935. He graduated from Regis University in Denver in 1961 and received his masters degree in education administration from the University of Northern Colorado in 1964.