Position: Secretary

Type of Appointment/Position: Presidential with Senate confirmation    

Michael Dukakis

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Michael Stanley Dukakis was born in Brookline, Massachusetts, on November 3, 1933. Dukakis is the son of Greek immigrants. He is married to Kitty Dukakis and is the father of John Dukakis, Andrea Dukakis, and Kara Dukakis.

Professional background:

* Visiting professor, Northeastern University (1991-present) * Governor, State of Massachusetts (1982-1990) * Governor, State of Massachusetts (1974-1978) * Member, Massachusetts State Legislature (1962)

Education:

* B.A., Swarthmore College (1955) * J.D, Harvard University School of Law (1960)

Member of the following boards of directors:

* 1998- 2003, National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak)

Partial list of awards:

* Most Effective Governor, National Governors Association (1986)

Publications:

* How to Get into Politics and Why (co-authored)

Links to Ideas: http://www.pbs.org/newshour/debatingourdestiny/interviews/dukakis.html

Quotations:

""Despite the $80 billion per year we spend on our highway infrastructure and the $19 billion per year on our aviation system, our nation's transportation system is in serious trouble. What to do? How do we give this country the transportation system it needs at a time when our highways and airports are struggling with gridlock and winglock? The answer is incredibly simple. It is time for the U.S. to do something it should have done a long time ago -- invest in a first class national rail passenger system that links its major cities with modern, efficient, comfortable, high-speed trains." - from The American Prospect Online "