Word: mcnamara
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...unsettling factor is the long-standing Cambridge tradition that no mayor serve more than one term until all Councillors have had their chance. Hence, present Mayor McNamara, and former Mayors Lynch, De Gugilelmo, and Crane, all would have to buck this custom to gain the Mayor's post...
Others elected to two-year terms are Walter J. Sullivan, Andrew T. Troden, Alfred Vellucci, Mayor Thomas M. McNamara, and John D. Lynch. New-comers on the Council will be Sullivan, who had been assured of the seat vacated by his brother, Edward J. Sullivan, and Trodden...
Trailing these two were Cornelia B. Wheeler, Andrew T. Trodden, Alfred Vellucci, Joseph A. DeGuglielmo '29, Thomas M. McNamara, Charles A. Watson, and John D. Lynch. All these candidates have between 1,824 and 2,282 first place votes...
...Mayor McNamara, though finishing well down the 1957 ticket, also seems guaranteed re-election, simply through his position and prestige as Mayor. When he won two years ago, McNamara was a true independent, aligned neither with the CCA nor with the Sullivanites. This neutrality paved the way for his election as Mayor. His voting record as a frequent ally of the CCA bloc may hurt him in some districts, yet be a distinct help to him elsewhere...
...years, the School Committee has been split even--three to three--between CCA and independents. The three CCA Committeemen, Judson T. Shaplin '42, associate Dean of the Graduate School of Education, Mrs. Catherine T. Ogden, and Edward T. Sullivan, had a fluctuating working majority. On many issues Mayor McNamara and Committeeman Daniel J. Hayes (another true independent who aligns himself with no group) made possible decisive majorities for the CCA's policies...