"Ralph J. Perk"@en . "1999-04-21Z"^^ . "Perk, Ralph"@en . "1914-01-19Z"^^ . "1999Z"^^ . "52nd" . "Mayor of Cleveland" . . "American politician" . . "1914Z"^^ . "Ralph Joseph Perk (January 19, 1914 \u2013 April 21, 1999) was an American politician of the Republican Party who served as the 52nd mayor of Cleveland, Ohio.Perk dropped out of high school at age 15, later taking correspondence courses to earn his high-school diploma. He studied history, political science and mathematics at the Cleveland College of Case Western Reserve University and St. John's College in Cleveland."@en . . . . . . .