Michael Dukakis

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Michael Dukakis

Democratic presidential nominee in 1988; ex-governor of MA

Michael Stanley Dukakis served as Governor of Massachusetts from 1975–1979 and from 1983–1991. He was the Democratic presidential nominee in 1988 and the longest serving governor in Massachusetts history.

After leaving office in January 1991, Dukakis and his wife, Kitty, spent three months at the University of Hawaii where Dukakis was a visiting professor in the Department of Political Science and the School of Public Health. While at the University of Hawaii, he taught courses in political leadership and health policy and led a series of public forums on the reform of the nation’s health care system.

Since June 1991, he has been a Distinguished Professor of Political Science at Northeastern University and visiting professor at the School of Public Affairs at UCLA. His research has focused on national health care policy reform and the lessons that national policy makers can learn from state reform efforts. He and the late former U.S. Senator Paul Simon authored the book titled How to Get Into Politics – and Why, which is designed to encourage young people to think seriously about politics and public service as a career.

Dukakis was nominated by President Clinton for a five-year term as a member of the new Board of Directors of Amtrak, The National Railroad Passenger Corporation on May 21, 1998 and served as Vice-Chairman on the Amtrak Board.