1. Torbert Hart Macdonald was an American Democratic politician from Massachusetts.
12 Facts About Torbert Macdonald
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Torbert Macdonald represented the northern suburbs of Boston, including his home town of Malden, in the US House of Representatives from 1955 until his death in 1976.
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Torbert Macdonald served in the United States Navy as a PT boat commander in the Southwest Pacific theater from 1942 to 1944, and was awarded the Silver Star, Purple Heart and Presidential Unit Citation.
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Torbert Macdonald was a member of the National Labor Relations Board for the New England area from 1948 to 1952, and he was a delegate to the Democratic National Conventions in 1960,1964, and 1968.
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Torbert Macdonald was elected as a Democrat to the 84th Congress in 1954.
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Torbert Macdonald was often referred to as the "Father of Public Broadcasting", since he was one of the legislators primarily responsible for Public Broadcasting Act of 1967.
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Torbert Macdonald was responsible for the "sports blackout bill" which provides for the broadcast of local sold-out sporting contests.
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Torbert Macdonald was reelected ten times, and died in office on May 21,1976, in Bethesda, Maryland, aged 58.
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Torbert Macdonald married actress Phyllis Brooks on June 23,1945, in Tarrytown, New York.
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Torbert Macdonald was interred in Holy Cross Cemetery in Malden, Massachusetts.
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The memorial stone dedicated to Torbert Macdonald was originally dedicated in 1984 by the Italian Heritage Society but moved to the Macdonald Stadium facility and placed alongside the memorial of Torbert's late father, John G "Jack" Macdonald, for whom Macdonald Stadium was named.
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Torbert Macdonald was portrayed by actor Stan Cahill in the 1993 television miniseries JFK: Reckless Youth.