John Foster Furcolo (July 29, 1911 - July 5, 1995) was born in New Haven, Connecticut. Before serving in the U.S. Navy during World War II, from 1942 to 1946, he graduated from Yale University in 1933 and Yale Law School in 1936. In 1948, he was elected as a Democrat to the U.S. House of Representatives, and served in Congress from 1949 to 1952, when he was elected State Treasurer and Receiver General of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, a position he held until 1954. An unsuccessful candidate for the U.S. Senate in 1954, Furcolo was elected Governor of Massachusetts in 1956, and served from 1957 to 1961. July 29 is the 210th day (211th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 155 days remaining. ... 1911 is a common year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). ... July 5 is the 186th day of the year (187th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 179 days remaining. ... 1995 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... New Haven is the second-largest city in Connecticut, and is located in New Haven County, Connecticut, on New Haven Harbor, on the northern coast of Long Island Sound. ... The United States Navy (USN) is the branch of the United States armed forces responsible for naval operations. ... Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km (over 11 miles) into the air. ... 1942 was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1946 was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... This article is about the institution of higher learning in the United States. ... 1933 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Yale Law School is one of the professional schools of Yale University, based in New Haven, Connecticut. ... 1936 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1948 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... The House of Representatives is the larger of two houses that make up the U.S. Congress, the other being the United States Senate. ... A congress is a gathering of people, especially a gathering for a political purpose. ... 1949 - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes. ... 1952 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... State nickname: Bay State Other U.S. States Capital Boston Largest city Boston Governor Mitt Romney Official languages English Area 27,360 km² (44th)  - Land 20,317 km²  - Water 7,043 km² (25. ... 1954 was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Seal of the Senate The Senate is one of the two houses of the Congress of the United States, the other being the House of Representatives. ... Governor of Massachusetts Part the Second, Chapter II, Section I, Article I of the Massachusetts Constitution reads, There shall be a supreme executive magistrate, who shall be styled, The Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts; and whose title shall be -- His Excellency. ... 1956 was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1957 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1961 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ...

During his administration, he established a network of regional community colleges throughout the Commonwealth and fought on behalf of increased state worker's salaries, workman's compensation and unemployment benefits. In 1960, he again ran unsuccessfully for the U.S. Senate, then returned to the private practice of law. In 1969, he served on the U.S. Attorney General's Advisory Committee on Narcotics, and as an administrative law judge with the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission from 1975 to 1989. He is the author of several books, including "Massacre At Katyn", an account of the Soviet masacre of Polish citizens in the Katyn Forest during World War II, which he learned of during his tenure on a congressional committee investigating the atrocities. In Canada and the United States, a community college, sometimes called a junior college, is an educational institution providing post-secondary education and lower-level tertiary education, granting certificates, diplomas, and associates degrees. ... Unemployment benefits are sums of money given to the unemployed by the government or a compulsory para-governmental insurance system. ... 1960 was a leap year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Law (a loanword from Old Norse lag), in politics and jurisprudence, is a set of rules or norms of conduct which mandate, proscribe or permit specified relationships among people and organizations, provide methods for ensuring the impartial treatment of such people, and provide punishments for those who do not follow... 1969 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ... The United States Attorney General is the head of the United States Department of Justice concerned with legal affairs and is the chief law enforcement officer of the United States government. ... 1975 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ... 1989 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) (Russian: Союз Советских Социалистических Республик (СССР)  listen; tr. ... The Katyń Forest Massacre, also known as the Katyn massacre, occurred in the Soviet Union, in a forest near Gnezdovo village, a short distance from Smolensk, during World War II. Many Poles had become prisoners of war following the invasion and defeat of Poland by the Nazis and the Soviet...

Governor Furcolo died on July 5, 1995, and is buried in Holyhood Cemetery in Brookline, Massachusetts. July 5 is the 186th day of the year (187th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 179 days remaining. ... 1995 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Brookline is a town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts. ...