Brian J. Donnelly

Brian Joseph Donnelly (born March 2, 1946) of Dorchester, Boston was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts from 1979 to 1993. He was a Democrat.

Donnelly attended private schools in Suffolk County. He graduated from Catholic Memorial High School, West Roxbury, in 1963. He received a B.S. from Boston University in 1970. He was a teacher and coach in the Boston public schools. He was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, 1973–1978, where he served as assistant majority leader in 1977–1978.

Donnelly was elected as a Democrat to the 96th and to the six succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1979–January 3, 1993), but was not a candidate for renomination in 1992 to the One Hundred Third Congress.

In 1994, he was named U.S. Ambassador to Trinidad and Tobago. [cite web|url=http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/archives/whitehouse-papers/1994/Jun/1994-06-09-President-Names-Donnelly-Ambassador-to-Trinidad-and-Tobago|title=President Clinton Names Donnelly Ambassador to Trinidad and Tobago|accessdate=2006-08-27] He served in this capacity until 1997. [cite web|url=http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ho/po/com/11322.htm|title=State Dept., Ambassadors to Trinidad and Tobago|accessdate=2006-08-27] In 1998, he ran for Governor of Massachusetts, finishing third in the Democratic primary behind state Attorney General Scott Harshbarger and former State Senator Patricia McGovern. [cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/stories/1998/09/16/primary.results/massachusetts.html|title=Massachusetts primary results — September 15, 1998|accessdate=2006-10-23]

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*Mr Donnelly, who had to quit his post as high commissioner to the Cook Islands because of ill health, passed away at 2.20pm Thursday September 25. He did not make public the nature of his illness.

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