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Kenneth Patrick "Kenny" O'Donnell (March 4, 1924 – September 9, 1977) was an American political consultant who served as the special assistant and appointments secretary to U.S. President John F. Kennedy from 1961 until President Kennedy's assassination in November 1963. O'Donnell was a close friend of President Kennedy and his younger brother, politician Robert F. Kennedy, and was part of the group of Kennedy's close advisors called the "Irish Mafia". O'Donnell served as President Lyndon B. Johnson's aide from 1963 to 1965, and was the campaign manager for Robert Kennedy's 1968 presidential campaign. After Robert Kennedy was assassinated in June 1968, O'Donnell served as the campaign manager for Hubert Humphrey's 1968 presidential campaign. ==Early life== Kenneth Patrick O'Donnell was born in Worcester, Massachusetts and raised in Boston. Both of his parents were Roman Catholics of Irish descent. His father, Cleo O'Donnell, was the football coach for the Holy Cross Crusaders football team for two decades and later athletics director for all sports activities at the College of the Holy Cross. O'Donnell's older brother, also named Cleo, who was a football star at Harvard during the 1940s. During World War II O'Donnell served in the US Army Air Corps (1942–1945). After completing his service in the AAC, he studied at Harvard College 1946–1949. It was at Harvard that O'Donnell met Robert F. Kennedy, where they were roommates〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Kenneth P. O'Donnell biography )〕 as well as teammates on the Harvard football team; O'Donnell became team captain in 1948. O'Donnell and Robert Kennedy remained close friends until the latter's assassination in 1968.〔(Washington Post: Political Junkie, January 26, 2001 ) Retrieved 2010-02-26〕 Following graduation from Harvard, O'Donnell attended law school at Boston College from 1950–51. He later worked as a salesman for the Hollingsworth & Vose Paper Company and then the Whitney Corporation, both in Boston, from 1951 to 1952. O'Donnell later worked in public relations from 1952 to 1957.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kenneth O'Donnell」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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