Richard Mahoney (Arizona politician)
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Richard D. Mahoney was the Democratic Secretary of State of Arizona
from 1991 until 1995.
Mahoney, the son of William P. Mahoney, a Phoenix lawyer and United States Ambassador to Ghana, was born in 1952. Mahoney was educated at Brophy College Preparatory
, Princeton University
, Johns Hopkins University
and Arizona State University
.
Mahoney has lectured as a visiting professor at Templeton College (Oxford University), The JFK School of Government (Harvard University
), the Beijing Institute of Foreign Trade
, and the Universidad Del Pacifico - Ecuador
(Quito
, Campus). He was also professor emeritus at The American Graduate School of International Management.
Mahoney is the author of three books, two on the John F. Kennedy administration: JFK: Ordeal in Africa (1983) and Sons and Brothers, The days of Jack and Bobby Kennedy (1999) and Getting Away with Murder on the War in Afghanistan, as well as numerous articles and monographs on presidential history, foreign policy, international trade, and political risk. He has also published a volume of poetry in Spanish entitled Pétalos (1995). His latest book is Getting Away With Murder (2004).
In addition to his academic work, Mahoney formed a foundation, Nuestra Familia, in 1998 that started social entrepreneurship
projects (the creation of small profit centers that fund social justice and human development) in two Latin American countries.
A member of the Democratic Party, Mahoney was elected Secretary of State of Arizona in 1990 and ran for the United States Senate in 1994 and governor in 2002. He also served as chief speechwriter in the presidential campaigns of Senators Gary Hart and Paul Simon.
Mahoney now serves as head of the Baker Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies at Juniata College
.
Secretary of State of Arizona
The Secretary of State of Arizona is an elected position in the U.S. state of Arizona. Since Arizona has no lieutenant governor, the Secretary stands first in the line of succession to the governorship. The Secretary also serves as acting governor whenever the governor is incapacitated or out of...
from 1991 until 1995.
Mahoney, the son of William P. Mahoney, a Phoenix lawyer and United States Ambassador to Ghana, was born in 1952. Mahoney was educated at Brophy College Preparatory
Brophy College Preparatory
Brophy College Preparatory is a Jesuit high school located in Phoenix, Arizona. The school is currently limited to all-male enrollment of approximately 1,200 students. It is operated independently of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Phoenix...
, Princeton University
Princeton University
Princeton University is a private research university located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League, and is one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution....
, Johns Hopkins University
Johns Hopkins University
The Johns Hopkins University, commonly referred to as Johns Hopkins, JHU, or simply Hopkins, is a private research university based in Baltimore, Maryland, United States...
and Arizona State University
Arizona State University
Arizona State University is a public research university located in the Phoenix Metropolitan Area of the State of Arizona...
.
Mahoney has lectured as a visiting professor at Templeton College (Oxford University), The JFK School of Government (Harvard University
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
), the Beijing Institute of Foreign Trade
Beijing Institute of Foreign Trade
The Beijing Institute of Foreign Trade is the predecessor of the University of International Business and Economics...
, and the Universidad Del Pacifico - Ecuador
Universidad Del Pacifico - Ecuador
The Universidad Del Pacífico – Ecuador : Escuela de Negocios is an Ecuadorian non-profit private university.It focuses on its students ability to undertake business, to turn initiatives into economic realities, to organize activities, to assure development and stability of business, to locate...
(Quito
Quito
San Francisco de Quito, most often called Quito , is the capital city of Ecuador in northwestern South America. It is located in north-central Ecuador in the Guayllabamba river basin, on the eastern slopes of Pichincha, an active stratovolcano in the Andes mountains...
, Campus). He was also professor emeritus at The American Graduate School of International Management.
Mahoney is the author of three books, two on the John F. Kennedy administration: JFK: Ordeal in Africa (1983) and Sons and Brothers, The days of Jack and Bobby Kennedy (1999) and Getting Away with Murder on the War in Afghanistan, as well as numerous articles and monographs on presidential history, foreign policy, international trade, and political risk. He has also published a volume of poetry in Spanish entitled Pétalos (1995). His latest book is Getting Away With Murder (2004).
In addition to his academic work, Mahoney formed a foundation, Nuestra Familia, in 1998 that started social entrepreneurship
Social entrepreneurship
Social entrepreneurship is the work of social entrepreneurs. A social entrepreneur recognizes a social problem and uses entrepreneurial principles to organize, create and manage a venture to achieve social change . While a business entrepreneur typically measures performance in profit and return, a...
projects (the creation of small profit centers that fund social justice and human development) in two Latin American countries.
A member of the Democratic Party, Mahoney was elected Secretary of State of Arizona in 1990 and ran for the United States Senate in 1994 and governor in 2002. He also served as chief speechwriter in the presidential campaigns of Senators Gary Hart and Paul Simon.
Mahoney now serves as head of the Baker Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies at Juniata College
Juniata College
Juniata College is a private liberal arts college located in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania. It is named after the Juniata River — one of the principal tributaries of the Susquehanna River. In 1876 it became the first college founded by the Church of the Brethren and has been co-educational since...
.