Jim Rappaport
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James Rappaport (born 1956) is a real estate developer, entrepreneur, attorney, philanthropist, and Republican politician from Massachusetts.[1][2]
Personal life[]
Educated at the Wharton School of Business and Boston University School of Law, he lives with his wife in Boston, Massachusetts. and Sedona, Arizona.
Political career[]
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.[1][2][3][4] Though the polls showed early on that Rappaport, a GOP 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.[2][3] After being rumored as a possible Lt. Governor to then-Governor Jane Swift, Rappaport jumped in the Lt. Governor's race in 2002,[2][3] only to then be beaten by Mitt Romney's hand-chosen running-mate, Kerry Healey.
Current activities[]
Rappaport remains actively involved in numerous civic and charitable organizations, including serving in a number of leadership positions for the Combined Jewish Philanthropies. He is also a member of the Board of Trustees for the Dana Farber Cancer Institute [5] as well as the Board of Overseers of Boston's Children's Hospital. He is the co-founder and Chairman of the Board of Specialty Hospitals America (SHA), LLC.[6]
See also[]
- United States Senate election in Massachusetts, 1990
References[]
- ^ a b "New Boston Fund, Inc. – Senior Management: James W. Rappaport – Chairman, CEO and Director". Boston, MA: New Boston Fund, Inc. Retrieved February 8, 2011.
- ^ a b c d "Management Expertise: Jim Rappaport, Chairman". Boston, MA: Specialty Hospitals of America, LLC. Retrieved February 8, 2011.
- ^ a b c "Rappaport Foundation: Board: Jim Rappaport". Boston, MA: Phyllis and Jerome Lyle Rappaport Foundation. Retrieved February 8, 2011.
- ^ "THE 1990 CAMPAIGN; Massachusetts: Accentuating the Negative". The New York Times. New York. October 31, 1990. ISSN 0362-4331. OCLC 1645522. Retrieved February 8, 2011.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-11-11. Retrieved 2013-11-11.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ Pet Angel World Services
External links[]
- 1956 births
- American people of Romanian-Jewish descent
- Jewish American people in Massachusetts politics
- Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania alumni
- Boston University School of Law alumni
- Living people
- Massachusetts Republican Party chairs
- People from Concord, Massachusetts
- 21st-century American Jews