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This Day in Boston History
January 18th, 1997
Paul Tsongas
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The former
Massachusetts Senator and 1992 presidential candidate, died on this day
of liver failure and pneumonia. He was 55 years old.
Tsongas was the first Peace Corps volunteer to be elected to the Senate.
A graduate of Dartmouth and Yale, his desire for public service was formed
during his Peace Corps posting in Ethopia.
The son of a dry cleaner, he grew up an lived in Lowell throughout his
life. He resigned Congress to undergo experimental treatment for cancer.
During this time he considered the "generational imorality"
of deficit spending. His run for the Presidency was based on a platform
of fiscal responsibility which challenged candidates from both parties
to articulate similar positions.
These ideas were the basis of the non-partisan Concord
Colation. His candadacy energized an entire class of "non-political
realists" such
as students from MIT, to consider the impact their voice could make.
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