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Joseph Patrick "Joe" Kennedy II (born September 24, 1952) is an American businessman, Democratic politician, and a member of the Kennedy family. He served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from the 8th congressional district of Massachusetts from 1987 to 1999. In 1979 he founded and, until election to the U.S. House, led Citizens Energy Corporation, a non-profit energy company; since 1999 he has continued to lead Citizens Energy. He is the eldest son of U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy and Ethel Kennedy as well as the eldest grandson of Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr. and Rose Kennedy. ==Early life, education, and early business career== Kennedy was born in Brighton, a neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, to Robert Francis Kennedy and Ethel Skakel, the second of their 11 children.〔 He was named after his grandfather Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr., the patriarch of the Kennedy family. He had a troubled youth, and was expelled from several private schools as a result of his quick temper. He regularly got into fights with his younger brothers and male cousins. A restless, impulsive teenager, he left the Milton Academy, a private, college preparatory school, in Milton, Massachusetts, before graduating from the Manter Hall School—also a private, college-preparatory school—in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1971.〔Osborne, David (April 1985). "Joe Kennedy Makes a Name for Himself". ''Mother Jones''. p. 20.〕 Kennedy attended the University of California, Berkeley in Berkeley, California, during 1972, but dropped out.〔Oppenheimer, Jerry. ''The Other Mrs. Kennedy''. p. 578. St. Martin's Paperbacks, 1995.〕 After this he worked for several months as part of a federally funded program to combat and treat tuberculosis in the African American community in San Francisco, California.〔 San Francisco Mayor Joseph Alioto personally praised Kennedy's work in the community.〔 Kennedy resigned from his position in the program, and returned to Massachusetts in the summer of 1973.〔 On February 22, 1972, Kennedy was on Lufthansa Flight 649 when it was hijacked. Shortly after the inflight movie began during the 747's flight from New Delhi to Athens, five gunmen seized the jet and forced it to land at Aden International Airport, where all hostages were released on the following day.〔"RFK's Son Freed by Hijackers", ''Oakland Tribune'', Feb. 22, 1972; " Paid to Jet Hijackers", ''Tribune'', Feb. 25, 1972〕 In August 1973, a Jeep he was driving overturned, fracturing one of his brother David Kennedy's vertebrae, and permanently paralyzing David's girlfriend, Pam Kelley.〔Canellos, Peter S. ''Last Lion: The Fall and Rise of Ted Kennedy''. p. 194. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2009〕 The police cited Kennedy with reckless driving and the judge temporarily suspended his driver's license.〔〔 The Kennedy family paid for Kelley’s initial medical treatment and her continued care during the years following the accident.〔Taraborrelli , J. Randy. ''Jackie, Ethel, Joan: Women of Camelot'', p. 423. New York: Grand Central Publishing, 2000〕 Kennedy returned to school after the accident, and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Massachusetts Boston in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1976.〔Walker, P. Wayne. ''1997 Congressional Staff Directory (49th Edition)'', p. 111. Washington, DC: Congressional Quarterly Books, June 1997〕 In 1979, Kennedy founded Citizens Energy, a non-profit organization, to provide discounted heating oil to low-income families. (''See Citizens Energy (since 1979) section below.'') 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「Joseph P. Kennedy II」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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