John J. McDonough (Boston)

John J. McDonough
Chairman of the Boston School Committee
In office 1967–1967
Preceded by	Thomas Eisenstadt
Succeeded by	Thomas Eisenstadt
In office 1975–1976
Preceded by	John J. Kerrigan
Succeeded by	Kathleen Sullivan
President of the Boston School Committee
In office 1980–1980
Preceded by	David Finnegan
Succeeded by	John D. O'Bryant

John J. McDonough is an American politician who served as a member of the Boston School Committee from 1966 to 1968 and again from 1972 to 1982. He was the Chairman/President of the School Committee in 1967, 1975, 1976, and 1980.^[1] He was an unsuccessful candidate for Mayor of Boston in 1967.^[2]

McDonough was an opponent of court-ordered busing and in 1974 he and two other School Committee members were held in contempt of court for not coming up with a second phase of the desegregation process.^[3]

In 1981, McDonough was acquitted on charges of taking a $5,000 kickback from a school bus company.^[4]

He is the brother of former Boston City Councilor and city clerk Patrick F. McDonough.

References

1. "Boston School Committee Presidents" (PDF). bostonpublicschools.org. Retrieved 27 June 2011.
2. Annual Report of the Election Department. 1968. p. 46.
3. Taylor, Steven J. L. (1998). Desegregation in Boston and Buffalo. Albany, New York: SUNY Press. p. 77. ISBN 9780791439197.
4. "Boston School Official Is Cleared in Kickback". Associated Press. October 12, 1981. Retrieved 27 June 2011.