Background
Donahue, Thomas Reilly was born on September 4, 1928 in New York City. Son of Thomas Reilly and Mary E. (Purcell) Donahue.
Donahue, Thomas Reilly was born on September 4, 1928 in New York City. Son of Thomas Reilly and Mary E. (Purcell) Donahue.
Bachelor, Manhattan College, 1949. Juris Doctor, Fordham University, 1956. Doctor of Laws (honorary), University Notre Dame, 1980.
Doctor of Laws (honorary), Loyola University, Chicago, 1984. Doctor of Laws (honorary), State University of New York, 1988. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Manhattan College, 1988.
Doctor of Laws (honorary), University Massachusetts, 1990. Doctor of Laws (honorary), National Labor College, 2001.
Director education, business agent local 32B, Building Svc. Employees International Union, American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, 1949-1952;
director contract department, Building Svc. Employees International Union, American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, 1952-1957;
European labor program coordinator, Free Europe Committee, Paris, 1957-1960;
assistant to president, Building Svc.
Employees International Union, American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, 1960-1967;
assistant section for labor-management relations, unites states department Labor, 1967-1969;
executive secretary, Svc. Employees International Union, 1969-1971;
vice president, Svc. Employees International Union, 1971-1973;
executive assistant to president, American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, 1973-1979;
secretary-treasurer, American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, Washington, 1979-1995;
president, American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, Washington, 1995.
Co-chairman Foundation for Prevention and Early Resolution of Conflict, 1996-1997.
Former member, board directors United States Catholic Conference Committee on Social Development, Carnegie Corporation, National Urban League, Brookings Institution, Muscular Dystrophy Association, African American Institute. Board directors Work in American Institute, President Council on Sustainable Development, National Planning Association, Council on Foreign Rels., National Endowment for Democracy. With United States Naval Reserve, 1945-1946.
Children: Nancy Angela, Thomas Reilly III.