Edward M. Augustus Jr. (born March 31, 1965 in Worcester) is an American politician and administrator who is the inaugural

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and served as the

City Manager A city manager is an official appointed as the administrative manager of a city, in a "Mayor–council government" council–manager form of city government. Local officials serving in this position are sometimes referred to as the chief execu ...

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and was a member of the Massachusetts Senate.

Early life

Born at

Worcester City Hospital Worcester City Hospital was a public hospital in Worcester, Massachusetts Massachusetts (Massachusett language, Massachusett: ''Muhsachuweesut assachusett writing systems, məhswatʃəwiːsət'' English: , ), officially the Commonwealth of M ...

to Edward Sr. (a machinist) and Dolores (a bank teller), Augustus graduated from St. John's High School in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts in 1983. He went on to

Suffolk University Suffolk University is a private research university in Boston, Massachusetts. With 7,560 students (includes all campuses, 7,379 at the Boston location alone), it is the eighth-largest university in metropolitan Boston. It was founded as a l ...

, where he graduated with a

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in Political Science, and then received a

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from

Johns Hopkins University Johns Hopkins University (Johns Hopkins, Hopkins, or JHU) is a private university, private research university in Baltimore, Maryland. Founded in 1876, Johns Hopkins is the oldest research university in the United States and in the western hem ...

in Political Science.

Career

From 1989 to 1993, Augustus served as a member of the

Worcester Public Schools Worcester Public Schools (WPS) is a school district serving the city of Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. It is the second-largest school district in the state behind Boston Public Schools. Leadership On October 8, 2015, Dr. Melinda Boone ...

School Committee. After helping to elect Jim McGovern to the

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, Augustus worked in Washington D.C. as Chief of Staff for McGovern. From 2005 to 2009, Augustus represented the 2nd

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district in the Massachusetts Senate. After leaving the state senate, Augustus served as executive director of the Children's Defense Fund of California. He left this position in 2010 to run McGovern's re-election campaign. After the election, Augustus became Director of Government and Community Relations at the

College of the Holy Cross The College of the Holy Cross is a private, Jesuit liberal arts college in Worcester, Massachusetts, about 40 miles (64 km) west of Boston. Founded in 1843, Holy Cross is the oldest Catholic college in New England and one of the oldest ...

. On December 3, 2013, Augustus was named

. Augustus took over as city manager in January 2014. He initially planned to serve for nine months, while on a leave of absence from the college, but accepted a three-year contract extension on September 30, 2014. On March 22, 2022, Augustus announced that he would be stepping down from his post as City Manager in May 2022. On June 1, 2022, Augustus was named the first

References

External links

City of Worcester profile
1965 births Living people Politicians from Worcester, Massachusetts Suffolk University alumni Johns Hopkins University alumni Massachusetts city managers Democratic Party Massachusetts state senators {{Massachusetts-MASenate-stub