Roman Gribbs

Roman Stanley Gribbs (December 29, 1925 – ) was the Mayor of Detroit and a judge on the Michigan Court of Appeals.

After graduating from high school, Gribbs served in the Army until 1948. He graduated from the University of Detroit in 1952, and received a law degree from the same institution in 1954. In 1968, he was appointed sheriff of Wayne County, and in 1970 he was elected mayor of Detroit. He was defeated in his re-election bid by Coleman Young in 1974.

Gribbs was elected to the Michigan Court of Appeals in 1982, upon which he served until his retirement in 2000.