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Anthony Cortese was born in Winthrop, MA on January 26, 1947. He was raised in the north end of Boston and received his high school education at Boston Latin High School before entering Tufts University in 1964. Following his graduation he was employed by the United States Public Health Service. He received a Masters degree from Tufts University in 1972. He graduated with a doctoral degree in Environmental Health Sciences from the Harvard School of Public Health in 1976. Image File history File links Wiki_letter_w. ... Motto Sumus Primi Founded April 23, 1635 Head Master Ms. ... Tufts University is a private university located in Medford, Massachusetts, a suburb of Boston. ... Harvard School of Public Health The Harvard School of Public Health is Harvard Universitys school of public health. ...

He was appointed director of the Air Quality Program for the Department of Environmental Protection from 1976-78. He became Commissioner of the Department of Environmental Protection for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in 1979 and continued in that position until 1984, through the terms of Governors Michael Dukakis and Edward J. King. The 1970s were a time of awakening for environmental protection and during his tenure the first "acid rain" regulations were developed, serving as a model for New England and eastern Canada. Michael Stanley Dukakis (born November 3, 1933) is an American Democratic politician, former Governor of Massachusetts, and a former presidential candidate, being the Democratic presidential nominee in 1988. ... Edward Joseph King (born May 11, 1925) was the Governor of the U.S. state of Massachusetts from 1979 to 1983. ...

In 1984 he became the Director of the Center for Environmental Management at Tufts University, and in 1989 he was named the dean of a newly created Environmental Program at the same University. During his tenure this program established the first program in environmental literacy, a partnership between the university and industry. Tufts University received the first and only Presidential Citation for development of this program in 1990. Tufts University is a private university located in Medford, Massachusetts, a suburb of Boston. ...

In 1993 Dr. Cortese[1], Senator John Kerry, and Teresa Heinz established Second Nature [2], a non-profit organization focused on making environmental sustainability a foundation of all learning and practice, i.e. a balance between production and consumption in a way that preserves the delicate balance of nature. This organization has become an advocate for teaching sustainability at all institutions of higher learning through its incorporation into the curriculum. John Forbes Kerry (born December 11, 1943) is the junior United States Senator from Massachusetts. ... Maria Teresa Thierstein Simões-Ferreira Heinz (born October 5, 1938), is a philanthropist and the wife of U.S. Senator John Kerry. ...