John J. McDonough (Massachusetts politician)
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. He was an unsuccessful candidate for Mayor of Boston in 1967.
John J. McDonough | |
|---|---|
| Chairman of the Boston School Committee | |
| In office 1975–1976 | |
| Preceded by | John J. Kerrigan |
| Succeeded by | Kathleen Sullivan |
| In office 1967 | |
| Preceded by | Thomas Eisenstadt |
| Succeeded by | Thomas Eisenstadt |
| President of the Boston School Committee | |
| In office 1980 | |
| Preceded by | David Finnegan |
| Succeeded by | John D. O'Bryant |
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.
In 1981, McDonough was acquitted on charges of taking a $5,000 kickback from a school bus company.
He is the brother of former Boston City Councilor and city clerk Patrick F. McDonough.
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