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Delahanty, John Oral History Interview, Andrea L'Hommedieu

Edmund S. Muskie Oral History Collection

John Delahanty was born to Jeanne (Clifford) and Thomas E. Delahanty on March 26, 1948 in Lewiston, Maine. His father was a political activist, Congressional candidate, Muskie supporter, and Maine superior court judge. John was educated in the Lewiston public schools, and graduated from Bowdoin College in 1970. That same year he worked on Muskie’s Senate campaign. After college, he served in Vietnam as a Captain in the Army. He returned to Lewiston to substitute teach, and work for Senator Muskie as a Maine Affairs staff person. He then attended Boston College School of Law, and went to work for …

Carignan, Jim Oral History Interview, Jeremy Robitaille

Edmund S. Muskie Oral History Collection

James “Jim” Carignan was born in Conway, New Hampshire on August 31, 1939. His father, Hervy, worked in a wood turning factory and his mother, Florence, was a retail salesperson. Of Roman Catholic, French-Canadian and Irish background, they were Democrats. Carignan was president of his class, involved with New England regional debate and forensics, president of New England Senate, and a Regional Key Club Officer. He attended Bates College (class of 1961), majoring in History and was president of his senior class, and worked in the office of the Dean of Men. Jim taught Colonial American history at the University …

Mcgoldrick, Richard "Dick" Oral History Interview, Jeremy Robitaille

Edmund S. Muskie Oral History Collection

Richard McGoldrick was born in Westwood, Massachusetts on November 2, 1941. His parents were Charles C. and Elizabeth P. McGoldrick. Charles was a salesman for Abbott Laboratories (manufacturer of drugs) and Elizabeth was a homemaker. Richard had seven brothers and sisters, and the family was Boston Irish Catholic. He attended public schools in Westwood, and graduated from Westwood High School in 1959. He graduated from Boston College in 1963 majoring in Economics, and then attended graduate school to study labor and industrial relations at University of Illinois in Champagne-Urbana. He was editor of the Journal of Business at Boston College, …

Nicoll, Don Oral History Interview, Jeremy Robitaille

Edmund S. Muskie Oral History Collection

Donald Eugene "Don" Nicoll was born in Boston, Massachusetts, on August 4, 1927, and grew up in the West Roxbury section of the city. He is the son of George and Mary Nicoll. He attended Robert Gould Shaw Junior High School and Boston English High School and graduated from Colby College in Waterville, Maine in 1949, majoring in History with a minor in Government. Don met his future wife, Hilda Farnum, also a Colby student, when they worked in the resort town of Ocean Park, Maine, in the summer of 1944. Nicoll began his graduate work at Pennsylvania State College …

Carignan, Jim Oral History Interview, Jeremy Robitaille

Edmund S. Muskie Oral History Collection

James “Jim” Carignan was born in Conway, New Hampshire on August 31, 1939. His father, Hervy, worked in a wood turning factory and his mother, Florence, was a retail salesperson. Of Roman Catholic, French-Canadian and Irish background, they were Democrats. Carignan was president of his class, involved with New England regional debate and forensics, president of New England Senate, and a Regional Key Club Officer. He attended Bates College (class of 1961), majoring in History and was president of his senior class, and worked in the office of the Dean of Men. Jim taught Colonial American history at the University …

Nicoll, Don Oral History Interview, Jeremy Robitaille

Edmund S. Muskie Oral History Collection

Donald Eugene "Don" Nicoll was born in Boston, Massachusetts, on August 4, 1927, and grew up in the West Roxbury section of the city. He is the son of George and Mary Nicoll. He attended Robert Gould Shaw Junior High School and Boston English High School and graduated from Colby College in Waterville, Maine in 1949, majoring in History with a minor in Government. Don met his future wife, Hilda Farnum, also a Colby student, when they worked in the resort town of Ocean Park, Maine, in the summer of 1944. Nicoll began his graduate work at Pennsylvania State College …

Paulson, Carmelle And Richard Oral History Interview, Nicholas Christie

Edmund S. Muskie Oral History Collection

Carmelle Paulson was born on April 14, 1957 in Rumford, Maine. Her parents were Adrian and Gertrude Boivin. Her father worked in the paper mill. They were a French-Canadian, Catholic, Democratic family. She attended New Hampshire College of Accounting in Manchester, New Hampshire. After college she worked at Fairchild Semiconductor in the cost accounting department, and then joined the Model Cities Project in Portland as an accountant, working with Jack Dexter. She also lived in a Model Cities neighborhood, so was very involved with its progress and development, and was later promoted to deputy director.

Richard Paulson, Jr. was born …

Gacetta, Dominic Oral History Interview, Nicholas Christie

Edmund S. Muskie Oral History Collection

Dominic Gacetta was born November 2, 1928 in Rumford, Maine to Dominic and Clorinda Gaccetta. He attended Stephen’s High School, Maine Central Institute (MCI), Bates College (class of 1953) and served in the U.S. Marine Corps. He taught junior high in Readfield, Maine and worked in Sales for General Mills and Scott Paper Company. He has been involved in non- profit poverty programs.

Letendre, Jacqueline (Boucher) Oral History Interview, Jeremy Robitaille

Edmund S. Muskie Oral History Collection

Jacqueline (Boucher) Letendre was born October 21, 1923 in Lewiston, Maine. Her father, Jean Charles Boucher, was originally from Quebec Province, Canada and immigrated at age 5 in April 1900. He was a general contractor, and mayor of Lewiston from 1943 to 1944, and a contemporary of Ed Muskie. He also served in the Maine house and senate. Her mother was a homemaker and also involved in social and political functions. Letendre had 10 siblings and was the second eldest. She attended Lewiston High School and graduated from Bates College in 1956 after working for 11 years. She attended Bryn …

Cole, John Oral History Interview, Jeremy Robitaille

Edmund S. Muskie Oral History Collection

John N. Cole was born on February 26, 1923 in New York, New York to Helen (Dodd) and John N. Cole, Sr. His mother was a homemaker and department store window dresser. His father was a venture capital broker. He grew up and attended schools in New York City, but his family had strong ties to East Hampton. His father was a pioneering preservationist of the East Hamptons in the 1940s and 1950s, preserving two properties slated for development. Following school, Cole was a fisherman in New York for seven years. He then began to write, getting published in Esquire …