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Kenneth Errol Reeves

Visiting Scholar 2015-2017 Chair, Cambridge School Committee
Through our scientific and technological genius, we've made of this world a neighborhood. And now through our moral and ethical commitment, we must make of it a brotherhood.
— Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Background

An attorney by profession, Kenneth Errol Reeves served the people of Cambridge for twenty-four years as mayor, vice mayor, city councilor, and chair of the Cambridge School Committee. Reeves is a graduate of the University of Michigan Law School and earned a bachelor’s in American history and literature from Harvard.

Interests

As an elected official, Reeves created initiatives to make area studies as well as to address jobs, housing, youth, and elder needs. He championed the new Main Library project, the new Senior Center, the total renovation of Cambridge Rindge and Latin School, the purchase of the Dance Complex, and individual area studies for Central Square and Kendall Square. Ken has been a particular catalyst for relationships between Harvard and MIT and the City.

Reeves very much enjoys the “bump and mingle” culture of the emerging bio and tech community and is interested in helping this world join itself to the neighborhoods and to civic life in Cambridge. He welcomes the opportunity to provide introductions and connections between technology and community. Reeves is an absolute drum major for serious public education with science and math in a dosage which will prepare Cambridge students for the future.

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