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Foster Furcolo
John Foster Furcolo (July 29, 1911 – July 5, 1995) was a Massachusetts politician and the state's 60th governor. He also represented the state as a member of the United States House of Representatives, and held a variety of other government offices in Massachusetts. He was the first Italian-American governor of the state, and an active promoter of community colleges.
==Early years==
John Foster Furcolo was born in New Haven, Connecticut, on July 29, 1911. His father, Charles Furcolo, was an Italian immigrant and a doctor, and his mother was an Irish immigrant. Furcolo attended public schools in Longmeadow, Massachusetts and New Haven. He then attended Yale University, where he graduated in 1933, and finally Yale Law School, where he received his LL.B. in 1936.〔 At Yale he played a variety of sports, serving on both the boxing team (as a welterweight) and the baseball team, where according to his brother Charles he played second base. He was undefeated as a boxer and was encouraged to turn professional, but chose not to. He also engaged in literary pursuits, writing short stories and plays that were produced locally.〔 Furcolo dropped use of his first name when he entered politics.
In 1937 Furcolo moved to Springfield, Massachusetts, where he opened a law practice.〔 He specialized in criminal and civil trial work, and quickly rose in prominence, the quality of his legal preparation and trial work receiving favorable notice from others in the legal community.〔〔 After a few years he moved his growing family to neighboring Longmeadow. He made his first run for public office in 1942, an unsuccessful run for district attorney. During World War II he served in U.S. Navy as a lieutenant (junior grade) aboard , a transport vessel in the Pacific, which participated in the Invasion of Okinawa.〔
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