found: Wikipedia, August 29, 2106(Thomas H. D. Mahoney; Thomas Henry Donald Mahoney (November 4, 1913 in Cambridge, Massachusetts--April 21, 1997 in Palo Alto, California) was an American professor and politician; Mahoney graduated from Boston College in 1936 and earned his master's degree and a Ph. D. at George Washington University; in 1945 he joined the faculty at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology; a professor of history and political science, Mahoney twice served as chairman of the history section; Mahoney wrote and edited several books, including The United States in World History (co-written with J. B. Rae) and a number of works on the life and thought of philosopher and statesman Edmund Burke; Mahoney retired from M.I.T. in 1984; in 1989, at the age of 75, he earned a second doctorate degree in public affairs at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government; from 1971 to 1979, Mahoney served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives, representing the 2nd Middlesex District; in 1979 he was appointed by Governor Edward J. King to serve as Massachusetts' Secretary of Elder Affairs; in 1981 he led the Massachusetts delegation at the White House Conference on Aging; after his tenure as Elder Affairs Secretary, Mahoney worked as a social gerontologist and was an adviser to the United States House of Representatives; he was also a part of many United Nations agencies, panels, and conferences; at the time of his death he was a member of the executive committee of the United Nations Nongovernmental Organizations Committee)