{"id":102445,"date":"2023-07-19T14:33:24","date_gmt":"2023-07-19T18:33:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/?post_type=bu-article&#038;p=102445"},"modified":"2023-07-19T14:33:54","modified_gmt":"2023-07-19T18:33:54","slug":"alumni-politicians","status":"publish","type":"bu-article","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/record\/articles\/2023\/alumni-politicians\/","title":{"rendered":"The Politicians"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<div class=\"wp-block-editorial-leadin record-block-editorial-leadin is-style-side-by-side has-media has-wider has-box has-media-focus-center-middle has-light-theme\">\n\t\t<div class=\"container-lockup\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-leadin-media\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<img width=\"2000\" height=\"2300\" src=\"\/law\/files\/2023\/07\/Politics-illustration-anniversary-book.jpg\" class=\"\" alt=\"An illustration of a vintage megaphone splitting the US Capitol building in half against a red background\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/07\/Politics-illustration-anniversary-book.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/07\/Politics-illustration-anniversary-book-553x636.jpg 553w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/07\/Politics-illustration-anniversary-book-890x1024.jpg 890w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/07\/Politics-illustration-anniversary-book-768x883.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/07\/Politics-illustration-anniversary-book-1336x1536.jpg 1336w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/07\/Politics-illustration-anniversary-book-1781x2048.jpg 1781w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/07\/Politics-illustration-anniversary-book-718x826.jpg 718w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/07\/Politics-illustration-anniversary-book-593x682.jpg 593w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/07\/Politics-illustration-anniversary-book-897x1032.jpg 897w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/07\/Politics-illustration-anniversary-book-1149x1321.jpg 1149w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/07\/Politics-illustration-anniversary-book-299x344.jpg 299w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/07\/Politics-illustration-anniversary-book-460x529.jpg 460w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/07\/Politics-illustration-anniversary-book-598x688.jpg 598w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/07\/Politics-illustration-anniversary-book-920x1058.jpg 920w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/07\/Politics-illustration-anniversary-book-1186x1364.jpg 1186w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/07\/Politics-illustration-anniversary-book-1437x1652.jpg 1437w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/07\/Politics-illustration-anniversary-book-1795x2064.jpg 1795w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/07\/Politics-illustration-anniversary-book-870x1000.jpg 870w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"wp-block-editorial-leadin-caption wp-prepress-component-caption\">Illustration by the Project Twins<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container-words-outer\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container-words-inner\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wp-prepress-tag\">LAW150<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"head\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Politicians\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"deck\">Five alumni who have made their careers in service to the public.<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar record-prepress-layout-metabar\">\n\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-date\">July 19, 2023<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-credits\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul data-credit-type=\"By\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/record\/authors\/lauren-eckenroth\/\">Lauren Eckenroth<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-share js-bu-prepress-share-tools\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-twitter\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-facebook\"><span>Facebook<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-action\"><\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-editorial-introparagraph record-block-editorial-introparagraph is-style-dropcap-boxed has-dropcap has-dropcap-color-secondary\"><div class=\"wp-block-editorial-introparagraph-content\"><p>Since its founding in 1872, Boston University School of Law has taken considerable pride in its faculty, staff, students, and alumni. It was with our community in mind that we set out to create <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/about\/150th-anniversary\/#book\">150\/150<\/a><\/em>, a commemorative book featuring 150 profiles of people, places, and events that have shaped the school and the world.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Throughout the school\u2019s anniversary year, <em>The Record<\/em> is publishing a selection of the profiles that appear in the book. We present here the five leaders who served as a voice of the people, often going against the grain when it wasn\u2019t the easiest path forward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a class=\"wp-block-button wp-block-bu-button record-block-button has-secondary-theme icon-navigateright align-icon-left is-style-outline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/about\/150th-anniversary\/#book\">Learn more about BU Law\u2019s 150th anniversary book<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"headline-1\" class=\"wp-block-editorial-headline record-block-editorial-headline is-style-emphasis-color\"><strong>Robert Stafford (LLB\u201938, Hon.\u201959)<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Robert Stafford didn\u2019t intend to go into politics. Yet, he served the government in one capacity or another for more than 50 years and shaped some of the most significant environmental and education legislation of the twentieth century.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image alignfarright\"><figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/law\/files\/2023\/07\/Robert-Stafford-official-portrait.jpg\" alt=\"Black and white portrait of Robert Stafford, governor of Vermont\" class=\"wp-image-102428\" width=\"600\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/07\/Robert-Stafford-official-portrait.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/07\/Robert-Stafford-official-portrait-509x636.jpg 509w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/07\/Robert-Stafford-official-portrait-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/07\/Robert-Stafford-official-portrait-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/07\/Robert-Stafford-official-portrait-661x826.jpg 661w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/07\/Robert-Stafford-official-portrait-546x682.jpg 546w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/07\/Robert-Stafford-official-portrait-826x1032.jpg 826w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/07\/Robert-Stafford-official-portrait-1057x1321.jpg 1057w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/07\/Robert-Stafford-official-portrait-275x344.jpg 275w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/07\/Robert-Stafford-official-portrait-423x529.jpg 423w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/07\/Robert-Stafford-official-portrait-550x688.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/07\/Robert-Stafford-official-portrait-846x1058.jpg 846w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/07\/Robert-Stafford-official-portrait-1091x1364.jpg 1091w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/07\/Robert-Stafford-official-portrait-800x1000.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption>Photo courtesy of the Vermont State Archives and Records Administration<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Stafford first entered the public sector in 1938 as a city attorney in his hometown of Rutland, Vermont, while practicing law alongside his father. After serving in World War II and the Korean War, he returned to Rutland and moved up the ranks in Vermont politics from deputy attorney general to attorney general, then lieutenant governor and governor. In 1960, he was elected to represent his state in the US House of Representatives. He served five terms before resigning in 1971 to accept an appointment in the Senate, filling the vacancy caused by the death of Winston L. Prouty. He would be reelected for the next 18 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During his time in Congress, Stafford was known as a steadfast advocate for the environment. One of his notable successes in the House was winning the passage of the Clean Air Act of 1970, the first federal law that addressed the national problem of air pollution. In the Senate, he chaired the Committee on Environment and Public Works and cosponsored the Wilderness Protection Act in the early 1980s. He also helped pass the Safe Drinking Water Act and led the successful effort to override President Reagan\u2019s veto of the Clean Water Act.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of his colleagues, Senator George Mitchell, noted Stafford\u2019s knack for reaching across the aisle to get things done. \u201cAgainst that tide, he was able to lead the Congress in adopting landmark legislation,\u201d said Mitchell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stafford also drove monumental strides in education. He sponsored the Education for All Handicapped Children Act of 1976, which required public schools to teach children with disabilities in mainstream programs, and supported legislation to help the children of low-income Americans attend college. \u201cEvery American child has a right to an equal educational opportunity,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 1988, Congress renamed the Federal Guaranteed Student Loan program the Robert T. Stafford Student Loan program in honor of his work on higher education. During that same year, Stafford helped pass a law, now known as the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, or Stafford Act, which coordinates federal natural disaster assistance for state and local governments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stafford died in his hometown on December 23, 2006. Senator Patrick Leahy remembered his fellow congressman in a statement: \u201cHe touched the lives of millions of ordinary Americans through his leadership on education and environmental policy, in the finest tradition of public service. And he gave the nation a lifelong lesson in civility and decency in the finest tradition of his beloved Vermont.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-editorial-photoessay record-block-editorial-photoessay alignfull wp-block-photoessay js-block-editorial-photoessay\"><div class=\"photo-row-fourths-1-2-1\">\n<div class=\"photo-1\"><div class=\"wp-block-photoessay-media\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"887\" height=\"1024\" src=\"\/law\/files\/2023\/07\/Robert-Stafford-1959-swearing-in-887x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Robert Stafford is sworn in as governor of Vermont in 1959.\" class=\"wp-image-102436\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/07\/Robert-Stafford-1959-swearing-in-887x1024.jpg 887w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/07\/Robert-Stafford-1959-swearing-in-551x636.jpg 551w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/07\/Robert-Stafford-1959-swearing-in-768x886.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/07\/Robert-Stafford-1959-swearing-in-716x826.jpg 716w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/07\/Robert-Stafford-1959-swearing-in-591x682.jpg 591w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/07\/Robert-Stafford-1959-swearing-in-894x1032.jpg 894w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/07\/Robert-Stafford-1959-swearing-in-1145x1321.jpg 1145w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/07\/Robert-Stafford-1959-swearing-in-298x344.jpg 298w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/07\/Robert-Stafford-1959-swearing-in-458x529.jpg 458w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/07\/Robert-Stafford-1959-swearing-in-596x688.jpg 596w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/07\/Robert-Stafford-1959-swearing-in-917x1058.jpg 917w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/07\/Robert-Stafford-1959-swearing-in-1182x1364.jpg 1182w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/07\/Robert-Stafford-1959-swearing-in-867x1000.jpg 867w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/07\/Robert-Stafford-1959-swearing-in.jpg 1300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 887px) 100vw, 887px\" \/><figcaption><p class=\"wp-block-photoessay-media-caption wp-prepress-component-caption\">Robert Stafford is sworn in as governor of Vermont in 1959. | AP Photo<\/p><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"photo-2\"><div class=\"wp-block-photoessay-media\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"\/law\/files\/2023\/07\/Carter-Stafford-1980-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Robert Stafford (fourth from the left) was present when President Jimmy Carter signed the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act\" class=\"wp-image-102437\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/07\/Carter-Stafford-1980-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/07\/Carter-Stafford-1980-636x477.jpg 636w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/07\/Carter-Stafford-1980-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/07\/Carter-Stafford-1980-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/07\/Carter-Stafford-1980-1101x826.jpg 1101w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/07\/Carter-Stafford-1980-909x682.jpg 909w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/07\/Carter-Stafford-1980-1376x1032.jpg 1376w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/07\/Carter-Stafford-1980-1761x1321.jpg 1761w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/07\/Carter-Stafford-1980-459x344.jpg 459w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/07\/Carter-Stafford-1980-705x529.jpg 705w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/07\/Carter-Stafford-1980-917x688.jpg 917w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/07\/Carter-Stafford-1980-1411x1058.jpg 1411w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/07\/Carter-Stafford-1980-1819x1364.jpg 1819w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/07\/Carter-Stafford-1980-1333x1000.jpg 1333w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/07\/Carter-Stafford-1980-1600x1200.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/07\/Carter-Stafford-1980.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption><p class=\"wp-block-photoessay-media-caption wp-prepress-component-caption\">A staunch environmentalist, Stafford was present when President Jimmy Carter signed the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act in 1980. | Dennis Cook\/AP Photo<\/p><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"photo-1\"><div class=\"wp-block-photoessay-media\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" src=\"\/law\/files\/2023\/07\/Robert-Stafford-1988-819x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Robert Stafford in front of the US Capitol Building\" class=\"wp-image-102438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/07\/Robert-Stafford-1988-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/07\/Robert-Stafford-1988-509x636.jpg 509w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/07\/Robert-Stafford-1988-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/07\/Robert-Stafford-1988-661x826.jpg 661w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/07\/Robert-Stafford-1988-546x682.jpg 546w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/07\/Robert-Stafford-1988-826x1032.jpg 826w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/07\/Robert-Stafford-1988-1057x1321.jpg 1057w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/07\/Robert-Stafford-1988-275x344.jpg 275w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/07\/Robert-Stafford-1988-423x529.jpg 423w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/07\/Robert-Stafford-1988-550x688.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/07\/Robert-Stafford-1988-846x1058.jpg 846w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/07\/Robert-Stafford-1988-1091x1364.jpg 1091w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/07\/Robert-Stafford-1988-800x1000.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/07\/Robert-Stafford-1988.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px\" \/><figcaption><p class=\"wp-block-photoessay-media-caption wp-prepress-component-caption\">In 1988, Congress renamed the Federal Guaranteed Student Loan program the Robert T. Stafford Student Loan program in honor of his work on higher education. | AP Photo<\/p><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"headline-2\" class=\"wp-block-editorial-headline record-block-editorial-headline is-style-emphasis-color\"><strong>Edward Brooke (LLB\u201948, LLM\u201950, Hon.\u201968)<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>After the bombing of Pearl Harbor shook the United States in 1941, Edward Brooke, like many of his fellow Americans, enlisted to serve his country. But while in the Army, Brooke, a Black man, found irony on the frontlines: how, he wondered, was he fighting abroad to preserve democracy when Black people were denied rights in his own country?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1300\" src=\"\/law\/files\/2023\/07\/Edward-Brooke-1963.jpg\" alt=\"Edward Brooke in his office in 1963\" class=\"wp-image-102431\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/07\/Edward-Brooke-1963.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/07\/Edward-Brooke-1963-636x551.jpg 636w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/07\/Edward-Brooke-1963-1024x887.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/07\/Edward-Brooke-1963-768x666.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/07\/Edward-Brooke-1963-953x826.jpg 953w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/07\/Edward-Brooke-1963-787x682.jpg 787w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/07\/Edward-Brooke-1963-1191x1032.jpg 1191w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/07\/Edward-Brooke-1963-397x344.jpg 397w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/07\/Edward-Brooke-1963-610x529.jpg 610w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/07\/Edward-Brooke-1963-794x688.jpg 794w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/07\/Edward-Brooke-1963-1221x1058.jpg 1221w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/07\/Edward-Brooke-1963-1154x1000.jpg 1154w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><figcaption>Edward Brooke in his office in 1963. | Photo by BU Photography<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>When Brooke returned home from the war, he focused on his legal education and opened his own practice in Roxbury, a predominantly African American community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 1950, Brooke ran for a seat in the Massachusetts House of Representatives, but his limited political experience and lack of clear party affiliation cost him the election. He won the Republican nomination two years later but fell short in votes again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Following these disappointments, Brooke took a hiatus from politics to focus on his legal practice. That is, until 1960, when he was appointed as chairman of the Boston Finance Commission, a position he held for two years before he was elected the Massachusetts attorney general. As the state\u2019s top advocate, Brooke fought corruption head-on, including overseeing the indictments of a former governor, two speakers of the Massachusetts House, and a public safety commissioner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 1966, Brooke ran for a seat in the US Senate, billing himself as a \u201ccreative Republican\u201d who supported \u201cthe establishment of peace, the preservation of freedom for all who desire it, and a better life for people at home and abroad.\u201d He was elected with 62 percent of the vote, making him the nation\u2019s first Black congressman in 85 years and the first to win by popular vote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a Republican representing an overwhelmingly Democratic state, Brooke quickly earned a reputation for crossing party lines to get things done. But while he supported issues such as fair housing policies and civil rights, Brooke emphasized that he represented not just African Americans but all Americans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Among Brooke\u2019s achievements in the Senate was a seat on President Lyndon B. Johnson\u2019s Commission on Civil Disorders, which sought solutions to rioting in major cities during the 1960s. Brooke was also a champion of the Civil Rights Act of 1968 and the Equal Credit Act, which ensured women the right to establish credit. He also fought to uphold Title IX, a law that guarantees equal educational opportunities for girls and women.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After leaving the Senate in 1978, Brooke continued to serve the public, including appointments on President Reagan\u2019s Commission on Housing and the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2004, President George W. Bush awarded Brooke the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation\u2019s highest civilian honor. Five years later, President Barack Obama presented him with the Congressional Medal of Honor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"headline-3\" class=\"wp-block-editorial-headline record-block-editorial-headline is-style-emphasis-color\"><strong>Barbara Jordan (LLB\u201959, Hon.\u201969)<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Barbara Jordan rose to prominence as a legislator from Houston\u2019s predominantly Black Fifth Ward during the 1960s. In the decades that followed, the Texas representative made her mark as an influential lawmaker, defender of the US Constitution, and an impassioned voice during the Watergate impeachment investigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image alignfarleft\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/law\/files\/2023\/07\/Barbara-Jordan-portrait.jpg\" alt=\"Black and white portrait of Rep. Barbara Jordan\" class=\"wp-image-102427\" width=\"478\" height=\"599\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/07\/Barbara-Jordan-portrait.jpg 955w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/07\/Barbara-Jordan-portrait-507x636.jpg 507w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/07\/Barbara-Jordan-portrait-816x1024.jpg 816w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/07\/Barbara-Jordan-portrait-768x963.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/07\/Barbara-Jordan-portrait-658x826.jpg 658w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/07\/Barbara-Jordan-portrait-544x682.jpg 544w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/07\/Barbara-Jordan-portrait-823x1032.jpg 823w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/07\/Barbara-Jordan-portrait-274x344.jpg 274w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/07\/Barbara-Jordan-portrait-422x529.jpg 422w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/07\/Barbara-Jordan-portrait-548x688.jpg 548w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/07\/Barbara-Jordan-portrait-843x1058.jpg 843w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/07\/Barbara-Jordan-portrait-797x1000.jpg 797w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 478px) 100vw, 478px\" \/><figcaption>Photo courtesy of Black Americans in Congress courtesy of the Office of the Clerk, US House of Representatives<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Jordan first dipped her toe into politics when she managed a widespread get-out-the-vote program for John F. Kennedy\u2019s 1960 presidential campaign. She ran twice, unsuccessfully, for the Texas House of Representatives before being elected to the Texas State Senate in 1966. The win distinguished Jordan as the first woman ever elected to the legislative body and its first African American member since 1883. During her second term, she earned the title of president pro tempore of the Texas Senate, marking another distinction as the first Black woman in the US to preside over a legislative body.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jordan fought to extend federal civil rights protection to more Americans from her first days as a legislator. She quickly earned a reputation as an effective lawmaker, sponsoring measures establishing the state\u2019s first minimum wage law, antidiscrimination clauses in business contracts, and the Texas Fair Employment Practices Commission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 1972, Jordan was elected to a US congressional seat that encompassed a swath of downtown Houston with a predominantly Black and Hispanic population. The win made Jordan one of the first African Americans elected to Congress from the Deep South in the twentieth century. Soon after, she earned a seat on the House Judiciary Committee, an appointment she would keep during her three terms in Congress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jordan became a household name in the summer of 1974, when the House Judiciary Committee held hearings on the impeachment of President Richard Nixon. During her nationally televised opening remarks, Jordan argued for Nixon\u2019s indictment for high crimes and misdemeanors. \u201cMy faith in the Constitution is whole, it is complete, it is total,\u201d she said. \u201cI am not going to sit here and be an idle spectator to the diminution, the subversion, the destruction of the Constitution.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jordan\u2019s commanding presence during the hearings cemented her reputation as a respected national politician and protector of the US Constitution. In Houston, a series of billboards sprang up, proclaiming: \u201cThank you, Barbara Jordan, for explaining the Constitution to us.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the 1976 presidential campaign for Jimmy Carter, Jordan delivered a spirited keynote address at the Democratic National Convention (DNC) \u2014 making her the first woman and first African American keynote speaker in the nearly 100-year history of the convention. 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Barbara Jordan speaking at the 1976 Democratic National Convention | Photo courtesy of Library of Congress<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Jordan declined to run for reelection to a fourth term in Congress, yet she would continue to lecture nationwide on national affairs and delivered speeches at the DNC in 1988 and 1992. She taught at the University of Texas in Austin until the early 1990s. In 1994, President Clinton appointed Jordan to lead the US Commission on Immigration Reform. That same year, he awarded her the Presidential Medal of Freedom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jordan died in Austin, Texas, on January 17, 1996. Newspapers across the country celebrated that trail she blazed for generations of women in politics. \u201cShe left Congress after only three terms, a mere six years,\u201d the editors of the <em>New York Times<\/em> wrote. \u201cNo landmark legislation bears her name. Yet few lawmakers in this century have left a more profound and positive impression on the nation than Barbara Jordan.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"headline-4\" class=\"wp-block-editorial-headline record-block-editorial-headline is-style-emphasis-color\"><strong>William Cohen (JD\u201965)<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In 1974, during his first term in Congress, <em>Time<\/em> magazine named William Cohen one of \u201cAmerica\u2019s 200 Future Leaders.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image alignfarright\"><figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/law\/files\/2023\/07\/William-Cohen-official-portrait.jpg\" alt=\"Portrait of William Cohen with the American flag in the background\" class=\"wp-image-102429\" width=\"719\" height=\"974\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/07\/William-Cohen-official-portrait.jpg 1437w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/07\/William-Cohen-official-portrait-469x636.jpg 469w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/07\/William-Cohen-official-portrait-756x1024.jpg 756w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/07\/William-Cohen-official-portrait-768x1041.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/07\/William-Cohen-official-portrait-1134x1536.jpg 1134w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/07\/William-Cohen-official-portrait-500x677.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/07\/William-Cohen-official-portrait-610x826.jpg 610w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/07\/William-Cohen-official-portrait-503x682.jpg 503w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/07\/William-Cohen-official-portrait-762x1032.jpg 762w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/07\/William-Cohen-official-portrait-975x1321.jpg 975w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/07\/William-Cohen-official-portrait-254x344.jpg 254w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/07\/William-Cohen-official-portrait-390x529.jpg 390w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/07\/William-Cohen-official-portrait-1000x1354.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/07\/William-Cohen-official-portrait-508x688.jpg 508w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/07\/William-Cohen-official-portrait-781x1058.jpg 781w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/07\/William-Cohen-official-portrait-1007x1364.jpg 1007w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/07\/William-Cohen-official-portrait-1219x1652.jpg 1219w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/07\/William-Cohen-official-portrait-738x1000.jpg 738w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 719px) 100vw, 719px\" \/><figcaption>Photo courtesy of Scott Davis\/US Department of Defense<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The honor came shortly after Cohen found himself in the spotlight as a member of the House Judiciary Committee tasked with investigating the Watergate scandal. The freshman lawmaker from Maine was one of the first to break with the Republican party and vote to impeach President Richard Nixon. \u201cI have been faced with the terrible responsibility of assessing the conduct of a president that I voted for, believed to be the best man to lead this country. But a president who in the process by act or acquiescence allowed the rule of law and the Constitution to slip under the boots of indifference and arrogance and abuse,\u201d Cohen said in his statement to Congress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cohen served three terms in the House before defeating a highly respected incumbent, William Hathaway, to represent Maine as a senator. He sat on several high-profile committees during his time in the Senate, including the Armed Services Committee and the Governmental Affairs Committee. He made waves on the Iran-Contra Committee, where he was a leading critic of the Reagan administration\u2019s actions. As a member of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, Cohen claimed that the CIA had lied to cover up its involvement in human rights abuses in Guatemala.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over the years, Cohen developed a reputation as a moderate Republican with liberal views on social issues and conservative views on defense and foreign policy. He was instrumental in drafting notable laws related to defense, including the Montgomery GI Bill and the Information Technology Management Reform Act, which improved the way government agencies use IT.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 1996, after winning six consecutive Maine elections by landslide margins, Cohen shocked his constituents\u2014and the country\u2014when he announced he would not seek reelection. But his plans to return to private life were thwarted when President Bill Clinton called on him to lead the Department of Defense. 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She also realized the immense responsibility on her shoulders to make Congress a better place. \u201cYou weigh in on every issue we face as a country,\u201d she said. \u201cSo it&#8217;s an opportunity never to be squandered.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During her 12 years in office, Tsongas was a tireless advocate for universal healthcare and a public health insurance option. \u201cMy very first vote in Congress was cast to expand healthcare for women and children,\u201d she said. \u201cI helped pass life-saving healthcare reform legislation, the Affordable Care Act, and have fought to defend its protections for millions of Americans.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tsongas was also an avid supporter of LGBTQIA+ rights. 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