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Kevin Hagan White (born September 25, 1929 in Boston, Massachusetts) was the longest-serving Mayor of Boston, holding office from 1968 to 1983.
He was educated at Tabor Academy, Williams College (AB, 1952), Boston College Law School (LLB, 1955) and the Harvard Graduate School of Public Administration. Prior to his term as Mayor of Boston, he served as Secretary of the Commonwealth (1960-1967).
In 1972, he made the shortlist for the Democratic Party's vice-presidential nomination. After a number of better known politicians, including Senators Ted Kennedy and Gaylord Nelson and Governor Reubin Aksew, turned down the position, White became the frontrunner for the post. However, when the Massachusetts delegation, led by famed economist John Kenneth Galbraith, voiced its opposition to White's nomination, the offer was withdrawn. Presidential nominee Senator George McGovern went on to select Senator Thomas Eagleton, who was later embroiled in a scandal and replaced with Ambassador Sargent Shriver.
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