0200/0245. White, Kevin H.

Kevin H. White was elected the 45th Mayor of Boston on November 7, 1967. He was elected to a second term on November 2, 1971, a third term on November 4, 1975 and a fourth term on November 6, 1979. Kevin H. White was born in Jamaica Plain on September 25, 1929 to Joseph and Patricia Hagan White. His father, father-in-law and grandfather all served as presidents of the Boston City Council and were long active in many areas of Boston political life. He attended Boston public schools and graduated from Tabor Academy, Williams College and Boston College Law School. He also studied at the Harvard Graduate School of Public Administration. He married Kathryn Galvin in 1956 and they had five children. From 1956-1960, he served as assistant district attorney for Suffolk County. In 1960, he became the youngest man in the history of Massachusetts to be elected Secretary of State. He was reelected in 1962, 1964 and 1966. On May 26, 1982, Mayor White announced he would not seek reelection for a fifth term as Mayor of Boston.