| 词条 | Tom Birmingham |
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|name = Tom Birmingham |image = Tom_birmingham (1).jpg |caption = Tom Birmingham at a roundtable organized by the Rappaport Center for Law and Public Service at Suffolk University on 30 January 2009. |width = 250px |office = President of the Massachusetts Senate |term_start = January 1996 |term_end = December 2002 |preceded = William M. Bulger |succeeded = Robert Travaglini |state_senate2 = Massachusetts |district2 = Middlesex, Suffolk and Essex |term_start2 = January 1991 |term_end2 = December 2002 |preceded2 = Francis D. Doris |succeeded2 = Jarrett Barrios |birth_name=Thomas Francis Birmingham |birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1949|08|04}} |birth_place = |residence = |party = Democrat |alma_mater = Harvard, Harvard Law |spouse = Selma Botman |children = 2 }}Thomas Francis Birmingham (born August 4, 1949) is the former President of the Massachusetts Senate. He is widely credited, along with Mark Roosevelt, with passage of a sweeping education bill, the Education Reform Act of 1993. He is a graduate of Austin Preparatory School, Phillips Exeter Academy, Harvard College, and Harvard Law School, and he received a Rhodes Scholarship to study at Oxford University after his 1972 graduation from Harvard College. He was an unsuccessful candidate for the Democratic nomination for Massachusetts governor in 2002, despite impressive fundraising. An avid cyclist, Birmingham biked across the state of Massachusetts in 2001.[1][2] In 1999, his proposal to keep the home stadium of The New England Patriots in Massachusetts was accepted by Patriots owner Robert Kraft and passed by the state legislature. Birmingham served as Senior Counsel at the law firm of Edwards Wildman Palmer, taught state and local government at Tufts University and education policy at Northeastern University in Boston. In March 2014, he joined Citizen Schools Massachusetts as Executive Director.[3] In early 2015, he left Citizen Schools Massachusetts to become a distinguished senior fellow in education at Pioneer Institute.[4] His is listed as a notable holder of the Birmingham coat of arms. His wife, Selma Botman, has a Ph.D. in Middle Eastern Studies from Harvard University and served as the President of the University of Southern Maine. They have two daughters, Erica and Megan.[5] References1. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.ltolman.org/99arch/01902birmingham.htm|work=TELEGRAM & GAZETTE|title=Pedaling pol pumps up bicycling voters|date=2001-09-02}} 2. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.digave.com/images/press/mass-bike-me.pdf |work=MassBike Newsletter |title=Sen. Birmingham’s "Tour de Mass" |date=2001-11-07 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120420215339/http://www.digave.com/images/press/mass-bike-me.pdf |archivedate=April 20, 2012 }} 3. ^{{Cite web |url=http://www.citizenschools.org/blog/press-release-tom-birmingham-joins-citizen-schools-massachusetts-executive-director/ |title=PRESS RELEASE: Tom Birmingham Joins Citizen Schools Massachusetts as Executive Director |access-date=2015-05-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150528034410/http://www.citizenschools.org/blog/press-release-tom-birmingham-joins-citizen-schools-massachusetts-executive-director/ |archive-date=2015-05-28 |dead-url=yes |df= }} 4. ^Former senate president Tom Birmingham departs Citizen Schools to join Pioneer Institute 5. ^[https://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/10/fashion/weddings/an-acquaintance-gets-into-the-act.html An Acquaintance Gets Into the Act] External links
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