James Leo Sullivan

Background

Sullivan, James Leo was born on December 11, 1925 in Somerville, Massachusetts, United States. Son of James Christopher and Anna Agnes (Kilmartin) Sullivan.

Education

Bachelor of Science in History and Government cum laude, Boston College, 1950. Master of Education in Administration and Finance, Boston College, 1958. Distributed control system (honorary), Suffolk University, 1990.

Career

Assistant town manager, Arlington, Massachusetts, 1957-1962. Town manager Watertown, Connecticut, 1962-1965. Chief administrative officer Town of Milton, Massachusetts, 1965-1968.

City manager Cambridge, 1968-1970, 74-81, Lowell, 1970-1974. Senior research assistant Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1970-1971. President Greater Boston City of C., 1981-1991, H.M.S. Marketing, Boston, since 1991.

Chairman Massachusetts Governor's Local Government Advisory Committee, 1978. Delegate to Organization Economic and Cooperative Development, Paris, 1979. Chairman New England-Canada Business Council, 1983.

President Careers for Later Years, 1983. Board directors Input-Output Computer Services, Imugen Inc., Massachusetts Business Development Corporation, New England Certified Development Corporation.

Achievements

• James Leo Sullivan has been listed as a noteworthy organization executive by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Trustee Emerson College, 1984-1988, member finance and investment committee, 1985-1988. Board directors Bunker Hill Community College College Foundation, since 1988. Member Advisory Committee on Reorganization of Massachusetts Court Systems, since 1991, chairman budget subcommittee since 1991.

Board overseers University Hospital Boston. With United States Navy, 1943-1946. Member Massachusetts League of Cities and Towns (president 1978), Massachusetts Mayors Association, International City Management Association, National League Cities, American Chamber of Commerce Executives (board directors since 1988), World Trade Club (board governors since 1986).

Connections

Married Anne Dorothy Hevner, January 20, 1951. Children: Maura, Mark, Lianne, Christopher.

Father:

James Christopher Sullivan

Mother:

Anna Agnes (Kilmartin) Sullivan

Spouse:

Anne Dorothy Hevner

child:

Maura Sullivan

child:

Mark Sullivan

child:

Lianne Sullivan

child:

Christopher Sullivan