American Politicians of Greek Descent: Spiro Agnew, Michael Dukakis, Charlie Crist, Phil Angelides, Alexi Giannoulias, Olympia Snowe

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 61. Chapters: Spiro Agnew, Michael Dukakis, Charlie Crist, Phil Angelides, Alexi Giannoulias, Olympia Snowe, Arianna Huffington, Gery Chico, Art Agnos, Paul Tsongas, Jon Costas, Dina Titus, Paul Sarbanes, John Pappageorge, John Sarbanes, John Podesta, Lewis Evangelidis, Reince Priebus, Dean Skelos, Christy Mihos, John Brademas, Lou Papan, Ron Klink, Zack Space, George Christopher, Gus Bilirakis, Nicholas Mavroules, George Gekas, Shelley Berkley, Nicole Malliotakis, Gus Yatron, Harry Meshel, G. Manoli Loupassi, Nick Galifianakis, George Argyros, Matthew Mirones, Michael Bakalis, Frances Townsend, Tom C. Korologos, Andrew Jarvis, Theodore Kanavas, Elaine Alquist, Adeline Geo-Karis, Michael Bilirakis, Nick Theodore, Andrew Coulouris, Helen Boosalis, Sandra M. Pihos, George Kariotis, George Chanos, Lee Alexander. Excerpt: Michael Stanley Dukakis (pronounced; born November 3, 1933) served as the 65th and 67th Governor of Massachusetts from 1975-1979 and from 1983-1991, and was the Democratic presidential nominee in 1988. He was born to Greek immigrants of partly Vlach origin in Brookline, Massachusetts, also the birthplace of John F. Kennedy, and was the longest serving governor in Massachusetts history. He was the second Greek American governor in U.S. history after Spiro Agnew. Dukakis's father Panos (1896-1979) was a Greek from Adramytio, in Asia Minor, who settled in Lowell, Massachusetts in 1912, and graduated from Harvard Medical School twelve years later, subsequently working as an obstetrician. His mother Euterpe (n e Boukis) (1903-2003) was a Greek immigrant from Larissa; she and her family emigrated to Haverhill, Massachusetts, in 1913. She was a graduate of Bates College. Dukakis attended Brookline High School in his hometown. He graduated from Swarthmore College in 1955, served in the U.S. Army 1955-1957, stationed in Kor...