Maurice A. Donahue

Maurice A. Donahue
Donahue, circa 1960-1968
President of the Massachusetts Senate
In office 1964–1971
Preceded by	John E. Powers
Succeeded by	Kevin B. Harrington
Member of the Massachusetts Senate from the 2nd Hampden District
In office 1951–1971
Preceded by	William E. Nolan
Succeeded by	Roger L. Bernashe
Personal details
Born	(1918-09-21)September 21, 1918 Holyoke, Massachusetts
Died	January 13, 1999(1999-01-13) (aged 80)
Political party	Democratic
Relations	Martin J. Dunn (nephew)[1]

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.

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 the same year, and in conjunction with House Majority Whip Robert H. Quinn, Donahue introduced a corresponding bill in the Senate to establish the University of Massachusetts Boston.^[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 and the Maurice A. Donahue Building at Holyoke Community College both located in Holyoke, Massachusetts.

See also

• Massachusetts legislature: 1951–1952, 1953–1954, 1955–1956, 1957–1958, 1959–1960, 1961–1962, 1963–1964, 1965–1966, 1967–1968, 1969–1970, 1971–1972

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. "Special Collections & University Archives – University Libraries | UMass Amherst".
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. "Our Campaigns - MA Governor - D Primary Race - Sep 15, 1970".
6. "Special Collections & University Archives – University Libraries | UMass Amherst".
7. "UMass Donahue Institute: Background". Archived from the original on 2009-12-14. Retrieved 2011-06-29.
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.