Martin T. Meehan

A Representative from Massachusetts. Born in Lowell, Middlesex County, Mass. , December 30, 1956. Graduated from Lowell High School, Lowell, Mass. , 1974. B. S. , University of Massachusetts, Lowell, Mass. , 1978. M. P. A. , Suffolk University, Boston, Mass. , 1981. J. D. , Suffolk University School of Law, Boston, Mass. , 1983. Student, program of Continuing Education for Lawyers, Harvard University Law School, Cambridge, Mass. , 1986-1987. Adjunct professor, University of Massachusetts, Lowell, Mass. , 1984-1985. Staff to the mayor, Lowell, Mass. , 1978-1979. Press assistant to United States Representative James M. Shannon of Massachusetts, 1979-1981. Head research analyst, joint committee on election laws, Massachusetts state senate, 1981-1984. Director, public affairs, Massachusetts secretary of state, 1985-1986. Massachusetts deputy secretary of state. Elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Third and to the seven succeeding Congresses until his resignation on July 1, 2007 (January 3, 1993-July 1, 2007). Chancellor, University of Massachusetts, Lowell, Mass. , 2007-present.