Picture obtained from City of Boston
website (2003)
Mayor Thomas M. Menino is serving his third
term as Mayor of the City of Boston. The first Italian-American
Mayor of Boston, he was elected first on November 2, 1993, winning
64 percent of the vote and 18 of the city's 22 wards. He was re-elected
to a second term without opposition in 1997 and won a third term
in a landslide victory in November 2001. He had previously served
four months as Acting Mayor and nine years as a District City Councilor
from Boston's Hyde Park Neighborhood.
Mayor Menino serves as President of the United States
Conference of Mayors, where he champions homeland security and housing
availability. He has been an advisor to the National Trust for Historic
Preservation since 1989.
A lifelong resident of Hyde Park, Mayor Menino was
born on December 27, 1942 and is a graduate of St. Thomas Aquinas
High School. In 1963, the Mayor earned an associate's degree in
business management and advertising and sales from Chamberlayne
Junior College. In 1988 he earned a degree in community planning
from the University of Massachusetts. The Mayor and his wife, the
former Angela Faletra, have two children, Susan and Thomas, Jr.,
and five grandchildren.
The Mayor's reputation for getting the job done after
two terms in office has earned him a high approval rating among
Boston residents. Among his priorities: providing every child with
a quality education, creating affordable housing, lowering the crime
rate, revitalizing Boston's neighborhoods and promoting a healthy
lifestyle for all city residents.