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| death_place = San Francisco City Hall |resting_place=Holy Cross Cemetery Colma, California | nationality = Italian-American | party = Democratic | spouse = Gina Bodanza | children = Jenifer, Rebecca, Christopher and Jonathan | profession = Attorney | religion = Roman Catholic | signature = | footnotes = |branch=United States Navy |serviceyears=1953-1956 |battles= |rank= }} George Richard Moscone (; November 24, 1929 – November 27, 1978) was an Italian-American attorney and Democratic politician. He was the 37th mayor of San Francisco, California from January 1976 until his assassination in November 1978. Moscone served in the California State Senate from 1967 until becoming Mayor. In the Senate, he served as Majority Leader. ==Early life== Moscone was born in the Italian-American enclave of San Francisco's Marina District, California.〔Sward, Susan, (''Moscone's Time Was Anything But Quiet'' ), November 26, 1998〕 His father was George Joseph Moscone, a prison guard at nearby San Quentin, and his mother, Lena, was a homemaker.〔 Moscone attended St. Brigid's, and then St. Ignatius College Preparatory, where he was an all-city basketball star. He then attended College of the Pacific and played basketball for the Tigers. While in college, Moscone befriended John L. Burton, who would later become a member of the U.S. House of Representatives.〔 Moscone then studied at University of California, Hastings College of the Law, where he received his law degree.〔 He met and married Gina Bondanza, in 1954. The Moscones would go on to have four children.〔"Mayor, Supervisor Killed in San Francisco Shooting", ''Cornell Daily Sun'', November 28, 1978〕 After serving in the United States Navy, Moscone started private practice in 1956.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「George Moscone」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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