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Interview With Rich Arenberg By Brien Williams, Richard 'Rich' A. Arenberg
Interview With Rich Arenberg By Brien Williams, Richard 'Rich' A. Arenberg
George J. Mitchell Oral History Project
Biographical Note
Richard A. “Rich” Arenberg, the son of Bernard and Mary Arenberg, was born on October 16, 1945, in Norwich Connecticut. He was a campus activist during his undergraduate years at Boston University, and worked on some local campaigns, including the campaign of Tom Atkins, the first African American city councilor in Boston. He received a Ph.D. in political science also from Boston University and has a background in survey research. He worked as the issues director for Paul Tsongas’s first congressional campaign in Massachusetts and continued on Tsongas’s congressional and Senate staff until Tsongas retired from the Senate …
Interview With Larry Benoit By Mike Hastings, Robert 'Larry' L. Benoit
Interview With Larry Benoit By Mike Hastings, Robert 'Larry' L. Benoit
George J. Mitchell Oral History Project
Biographical Note
Robert Laurent “Larry” Benoit was born on August 20, 1948, to Robert Barry Benoit and Inez Frances Benoit. He grew up in the Portland, Maine, area, attended Cape Elizabeth High School, and entered the University of Southern Maine, where he concentrated in U.S. history and received a B.S. in education in 1970. He was a self-taught mechanic but became involved in politics at a young age, running for a vacant seat in the House of Representatives while still in college. After graduating, he took time off to travel and visit family and was then approached in 1971 to …
Interview With Jamie Kaplan By Andrea L’Hommedieu, James 'Jamie' E. Kaplan
Interview With Jamie Kaplan By Andrea L’Hommedieu, James 'Jamie' E. Kaplan
George J. Mitchell Oral History Project
Biographical Note
James E. “Jamie” Kaplan was born in Bronxville, New York, on March 6, 1951. He and his two brothers grew up in Nanuet, New York, with his father, a developer and building contractor, and his mother, a public relations and publicity officer for a vocational center in Rockland, New York. Jamie was graduated from Brown University and attended Georgetown University Law School briefly. After returning home and working several jobs, he moved to California to attend the University of California, Berkley Law School in 1975. Upon graduation from law school, he worked as a law clerk for Judge …