William B. Golden
| William B. Golden | |
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| Member of the Massachusetts Senate from the Norfolk and Plymouth District | |
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In office 1985–1991 |
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| Preceded by | Allan R. McKinnon |
| Succeeded by | Robert L. Hedlund |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
October 9, 1948 Boston, Massachusetts |
| Nationality | American |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Kristen Golden |
| Residence | Weymouth, Massachusetts |
| Alma mater |
Yale University Boston University School of Law Harvard University |
| Occupation | Attorney Politician |
| Website | www.nichiusa.org |
William Brownell Golden (born October 9, 1948 in Boston, Massachusetts) is an American attorney and politician who represented the Norfolk and Plymouth district in the Massachusetts Senate from 1985–1991. He was a candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts in 1990, but lost in the Democratic primary to Marjorie Clapprood.
Golden participated in the creation of the United States Environmental Protection Agency, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority, the Urban Harbors Institute and Save the Harbor/Save the Bay.
Golden graduated from Yale University in 1970 and earned his Juris Doctorate from Boston University School of Law in 1974. Mr. Golden was also awarded an MPA from Harvard University in 1981.
As City Solicitor for Quincy, Massachusetts, William Golden filed the lawsuit in December 1982 against the Metropolitan District Commission that initiated the court-ordered cleanup of Boston Harbor and the creation of the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority (MWRA). Peter Shelley of the Conservation Law Foundation wrote in a 2011 editorial that “no story about the Boston Harbor cleanup would be complete without mentioning Bill [William] Golden, then solicitor for the City of Quincy, whose fateful jog on the feces-strewn Wollaston Beach in 1982 made him mad as hell and got the whole ball rolling.”
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