Thomas Stephen Eisenstadt (born May 21, 1936) was sheriff of

Suffolk County, Massachusetts Suffolk County is located in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, in the United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 797,936, making it the fourth-most populous county in Massachusetts. The county comprises the cities of Boston, Chel ...

from 1969 to 1977, during which time he was the captioned plaintiff in ''Eisenstadt v. Baird'' (1972), a landmark United States Supreme Court decision on contraception. Elected to the Boston School Committee in 1965, Eisenstadt was a strong supporter of

desegregation Desegregation is the process of ending the separation of two groups, usually referring to races. Desegregation is typically measured by the index of dissimilarity, allowing researchers to determine whether desegregation efforts are having impact o ...

efforts.

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* Seegal, John F.
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'', March 3, 1966. {{DEFAULTSORT:Eisenstadt, Thomas S. People from Boston Sheriffs of Suffolk County, Massachusetts 1936 births Living people Boston School Committee members