Maurice A. Donahue

Maurice A. Donahue (September 21, 1918 – January 13, 1999)[2] was an American politician who served as President of the Massachusetts Senate from 1964 to 1971.

Maurice A. Donahue
President of the Massachusetts Senate
In office
1964–1971
Preceded byJohn E. Powers
Succeeded byKevin B. Harrington
Member of the Massachusetts Senate from the 2nd Hampden District
In office
1951–1971
Preceded byWilliam E. Nolan
Succeeded byRoger L. Bernashe
Personal details
Born(1918-09-21)September 21, 1918
Holyoke, Massachusetts
DiedJanuary 13, 1999(1999-01-13) (aged 80)
Political partyDemocratic
RelationsMartin J. Dunn (nephew)[1]

Donahue was first elected to the Massachusetts Senate in 1950 after spending two years in the Massachusetts House of Representatives. He became the Senate Majority Leader in 1958 and was elected Senate President in 1964.[3] In conjunction with Massachusetts House of Representatives Majority Leader Robert H. Quinn, Donahue introduced the corresponding bill to establish the University of Massachusetts Boston in the Massachusetts Senate in 1964.[4] In 1970 he ran for Governor of Massachusetts, but lost the Democratic nomination to Boston Mayor Kevin H. White.[5] He resigned from the Senate in 1971 to become Professor of Political Science and Director of the Institute for Governmental Services at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.[6] In February 1989 the Institute was renamed in his honor and is now known as the UMass Donahue Institute.[7]

He was a Knight of Columbus and a past grand knight of Holyoke Council number 90.[8] Honoring Donahue is the Maurice A. Donohue Elementary School in Holyoke, Massachusetts.

See also
  • 166th Massachusetts General Court (1969-1970)

References
  1. Cullen, Kevin (March 20, 1988). "Holyoke Gets Used to a Whole New Political Landscape". The Boston Globe.
  2. "Donahue, Maurice A." YouMass. UMass Amherst. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
  3. http://asteria.fivecolleges.edu/findaids/umass/mums311.html
  4. Feldberg, Michael (2015), UMass Boston at 50: A Fiftieth-Anniversary History of the University of Massachusetts Boston, Amherst, Massachusetts: University of Massachusetts Press, p. 8, ISBN 978-1-62534-169-3
  5. http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=557900
  6. http://asteria.fivecolleges.edu/findaids/umass/mums311.html
  7. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-12-14. Retrieved 2011-06-29.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  8. Lapomarda, S.J., Vincent A. (1992). The Knights of Columbus in Massachusetts (second ed.). Norwood, Massachusetts: Knights of Columbus Massachusetts State Council. p. 88.
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