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Volpe Director Robert Johns will leave Volpe at the end of December to return to his home state of Minnesota. “We’re looking for the next great leader to carry the torch at Volpe,” said U.S. DOT Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology Gregory Winfree.
www.volpe.dot.govVolpe, John Anthony(b. 8 December 1908 in Wakefield, Massachusetts; d. 11 November 1994 in Salem, Massachusetts), building contractor and politician who founded a highly successful construction business and was elected governor of Massachusetts three times. He also served as secretary of transportation and became the first American of Italian descent to hold the post of ambassador to Italy. Source for information on Volpe, John Anthony: The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives dictionary.
www.encyclopedia.comCAMBRIDGE, MA — U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao recently celebrated the official groundbreaking of the new U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) John A. Volpe Transportation Systems Center in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Secretary Chao was joined by Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker, Cambridge Mayor Marc McGovern, U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) Chief of Staff Robert Borden, U.S. Senator Edward Markey’s State Director James Cantwell and Massachusetts Institute of...
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