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Boston University; The Wharton School.
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Jim Rappaport
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Rappaport"s career began as a Concord real estate developer, a successful occupation that largely enabled him to self-finance in his 1990 Senate attempt against Senator John Kerry. Though the polls showed early on that Rappaport, a Grand Old Party start-up, had a shot at the Senator, the campaign fizzled out by November, and he ended up losing by 13%. Rappaport was then elected as the Massachusetts Republican Party Chairman, a position he would hold from 1992 to 1997.
After being rumored as a possible Lieutenant
Governor to then-Governor Jane Swift, Rappaport jumped in the Lieutenant Governor"s race in 2002, only to then be beaten by Mitt Romney"s hand-chosen running-mate, Kerry Healey.
Mr. Rappaport remains actively involved in numerous civic and charitable organizations, including serving in a number of leadership positions for the Combined Jewish Philanthropies.
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He is also a member of the Board of Trustees for the Dana Farber Cancer Institute as well as the Board of Overseers of Boston"s Children"s Hospital.
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