The Kennedy family is an American political family that has long been prominent in American politics,public service,entertainment,and business. In 1884,35 years after the family's arrival from County Wexford,Ireland,Patrick Joseph "P. J." Kennedy became the first Kennedy elected to public office,serving in the Massachusetts state legislature until 1895. At least one Kennedy family member served in federal elective office from 1947,when P. J. Kennedy's grandson John F. Kennedy became a member of Congress from Massachusetts,until 2011,when Patrick J. Kennedy II retired as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Rhode Island.
Edward William Brooke III was an American lawyer and politician who represented Massachusetts in the United States Senate from 1967 to 1979. A member of the Republican Party,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 United States senator since 1881 to have held a United States Senate seat. Edward Brooke was also the first African-American United States senator ever to have been re-elected to the United States Senate.
Robert Nicholas Burns is an American diplomat and academic who has served as the United States ambassador to China since 2022.
Victoria Anne Kennedy is an American diplomat,attorney,and activist who has served as the United States Ambassador to Austria since 2022. She is the widow and the second wife of longtime U.S. senator Ted Kennedy.
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:
John Langeloth Loeb Jr. CBE is an American businessman,former United States Ambassador to Denmark,and former Delegate to the United Nations. He is an advocate for religious freedom and separation of church and state,having founded the George Washington Institute for Religious Freedom in 2009. Loeb continues to serve as chairman of the George Washington Institute.
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.
John Rufus Gifford is an American politician,and diplomat,who has served as Finance Chair of the Biden 2024 presidential campaign since July 2023. 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 a Democratic party donor who has served as the United States ambassador to the United Kingdom in the Joe Biden administration since 2022. She served as the United States ambassador to France and Monaco from 2014 until 2017 during the Barack Obama administration. She is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
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.
Stafford Fitzgerald Haney is an American diplomat and businessman who served as the U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Costa Rica from 2015 to 2017. Haney was nominated as U.S. Ambassador to Costa Rica by President Barack Obama on July 8,2014,and was confirmed by the full Senate on May 23,2015. He served until July 15,2017,having been the only Obama-appointed political ambassador in the world allowed to stay under the Donald Trump administration.
Carla J. Sands is an American businesswoman who is chair and CEO of Vintage Capital Group. During the 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 is serving as United States ambassador to Sweden under President Joe Biden.
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 has served as United States ambassador to Trinidad and Tobago since December 2022.
