Preceded by John J. McDonough Parents Billy Sullivan Succeeded by David Finnegan Education Manhattanville College | Name Kathleen Alioto Political party Democratic Party Spouse Joseph Alioto (m. 1978) | |
Alma mater Manhattanville College
Harvard University, Ed.D Occupation Educator
Politician fundraiser Residence San Francisco, California, United States People also search for Joseph Alioto, Billy Sullivan, Genaro Alioto | ||
Kathleen Sullivan Alioto is an American educator and politician who served on the Boston School Committee as a member (1974–79) and its President (1977). She was succeeded on the school committee by her sister, Jean Sullivan McKeigue.
Alioto is the daughter of Billy Sullivan, founder and long-time owner of the New England Patriots.
From 1974 to 1976, Sullivan dated the then-closeted Barney Frank. In April 1976, Sullivan's father suggested that, while she was attending a convention in San Francisco, she lunch with former San Francisco Mayor Joseph Alioto. Sullivan and Alioto married in 1978 and remained together until his death in 1998. Because they were both divorced, the wedding was performed by excommunicated Catholic priest and activist Joseph O'Rourke.
Alioto was a Democratic Party primary election candidate for the United States Senate in Massachusetts in 1978; she finished third.
Alioto has two children, Patrick Joseph Sullivan Alioto and Domenica Alioto.