DONNELLY, Brian Joseph (1946-2023)
Democrat of Massachusetts 
11th congressional district
Served in House 1979-1992
Biography
A Representative from Massachusetts; born in Boston, Mass., March 2, 1946; attended private schools in Suffolk County; graduated from Catholic Memorial High School, West Roxbury, 1963; B.S., Boston University, 1970; graduate work, Boston University, 1970; teacher and coach, Boston public schools; member, Massachusetts State legislature, 1973-1978; served as assistant majority leader, 1977-1978; elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-sixth and to the six succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1979-January 3, 1993); was not a candidate for renomination in 1992 to the One Hundred Third Congress; U.S. Ambassador to Trinidad and Tobago, 1994-1997; died on February 28, 2023, in East Dennis, Mass.Courtesy of Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
