Thomas Michael "Tom" Menino (born December 27, 1942) is the mayor of Boston

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, Massachusetts

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, United States

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 and the city's first Italian-American mayor

Mayor

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. He is the longest-serving mayor in the history of the city.
Born in Readville, a part of Boston's Hyde Park neighborhood, Menino was educated at Chamberlayne Junior College (AA

Associate's degree

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, Business Management, 1963) and the University of Massachusetts Boston

University of Massachusetts Boston

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 (BA

Bachelor of Arts

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, Community Planning, 1988).