Edward William Brooke III was an American lawyer and Republican Party politician who represented Massachusetts in the United States Senate from 1967 to 1979. He was the first African American elected to the United States Senate by popular vote. Prior to serving in the Senate,he served as the Attorney General of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts from 1963 until 1967. Edward Brooke was the first African-American since Reconstruction in 1874 to have been elected to the United States Senate and he was the first African-American since 1881 to have held a United States Senate seat. Brooke was also the first African-American U.S. senator to ever be re-elected. He was the second longest-serving African-American US senator after Tim Scott.
Robert Nicholas Burns is an American diplomat and international relations scholar who served as the United States ambassador to China from 2022 to 2025.
Victoria Anne Kennedy is an American diplomat,attorney,and activist who served as the United States Ambassador to Austria from 2022 to 2025. She is the widow and the second wife of longtime U.S. senator Ted Kennedy.
Richard Bernard Stone was an American lawyer and politician who served as a Democratic United States Senator from Florida from 1975 to 1980 and later served as Ambassador at Large to Central America and Ambassador to Denmark. Before running for the U.S. Senate he served as Florida Secretary of State.
Shehrbano "Sherry" Rehman is a Pakistani politician and journalist who has been the member of the Senate of Pakistan since 2015. She was the first female Leader of the Opposition in the Senate from March to August 2018 and served as Pakistan's Ambassador to the United States from 2011 to 2013. She is currently serving as the Federal Minister for the Ministry of Climate Change.
Alan I. Casden is an American real estate developer,investor and philanthropist. His real estate companies have developed over 90,000 multi-family apartments since the 1980s. He also owns 3,100 luxury apartments in Los Angeles.
Norman B. Leventhal was an American businessman,the chairman of The Beacon Companies,a developer and manager of office buildings,housing,and hotels. Leventhal was best known for his work in civic improvements to the city of Boston,and consequently had a park named after him of which he oversaw the creation.
Leventhal is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Jamie D. McCourt is the former United States Ambassador to France and Monaco who served from 2017 to 2021. She was confirmed by the Senate and sworn in on November 2,2017. Ambassador McCourt is also the United States Permanent Observer to the Council of Europe. McCourt is the founder and CEO of Jamie Enterprises and a former executive of the Los Angeles Dodgers. She became the highest-ranking woman in Major League Baseball,appointed first as vice chairman of the Dodgers in 2004,then president in 2005,and finally CEO in 2009.
Andrea F. Nuciforo Jr. served as a Democratic State Senator from January 1,1997,until January 3,2007,representing the Berkshire,Hampshire,Franklin,and Hampden and Berkshire,Hampshire and Franklin Massachusetts Senate districts in western Massachusetts. He is an attorney,having practiced law with a focus on commercial real estate,health care,education and business litigation. He ran unsuccessfully for the Democratic nomination of the United States House of Representatives in Massachusetts's newly drawn 1st congressional district on September 6,2012.
The 1978 Massachusetts gubernatorial election was held on November 7,1978. Former Massachusetts Port Authority executive director Edward J. King was elected to a four-year term,from January 4,1979,until January 6,1983. King won the Democratic nomination by defeating incumbent governor of Massachusetts Michael Dukakis in the Democratic primary.
Norman L. Eisen is an American attorney,author,and former diplomat. He is a senior fellow in governance studies at the Brookings Institution,a CNN legal analyst,and the co-founder of the States United Democracy Center. He was co-counsel for the House Judiciary Committee during the first impeachment and trial of President Donald Trump in 2020. He served as White House Special Counsel for Ethics and Government Reform,United States Ambassador to the Czech Republic,and board chair of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW). He is the author of four books,including The Last Palace:Europe's Turbulent Century in Five Lives and One Legendary House (2018). In 2022,he co-authored Overcoming Trumpery:How to Restore Ethics,the Rule of Law,and Democracy.
John Rufus Gifford is an American politician,and diplomat,who has served as Finance Chair of the Harris 2024 presidential campaign since July 2024. He was the chief of protocol of the United States from 2022 to 2023. Between 2013 and 2017,he was the United States ambassador to Denmark.
Timothy M. Broas is an American lawyer and diplomat who served as the United States Ambassador to the Netherlands from March 19,2014,to February 13,2016.
Jane Dorothy Hartley is an American businesswoman and diplomat who had served as the United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom under the Biden administration. She previously served as the U.S. Ambassador to France and Monaco from 2014 to 2017 during the Obama administration.
Beacon Capital Partners is an American real estate investment firm based in Boston,Massachusetts. It was founded in 1998,after Beacon Properties,Inc.,Beacon's predecessor,was acquired by EQ Office in a $4 billion transaction. The company focuses on office and life science properties in major markets across the United States. Its European presence formerly included buildings in London,Paris,and Luxemburg.
Michael Alan Ratney is an American diplomat who is the United States ambassador to Saudi Arabia since April 2023. He previously served as the chargéd'affaires of the United States embassy in Israel.
Carla J. Sands is an American businesswoman who is chair and CEO of Vintage Capital Group. During the first Trump administration (2017–21) she was U.S. ambassador to Denmark.
Erik Douglas Ramanathan (né Newton) is an American attorney,philanthropist,and political fundraiser who served as United States ambassador to Sweden under President Joe Biden from 2022 to 2025.
Candace A. Bond is an American businesswoman who is the president and CEO of AESA Inc.,a business advisory and community development consulting firm. She had served as United States ambassador to Trinidad and Tobago.
