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Former Nashville mayor Bill P. Purcell has been selected as the new director of the Institute of Politics (IOP), the institute announced this week...
...It’s one of the great professional opportunities in my life,” said Purcell, a Democrat who served as mayor from 1999 to 2007. “In many ways, all the things that I have been doing in my life have lead to this point...
Kennedy School Dean David T. Ellwood ’75 praised Purcell’s political and managerial experience, describing him an “effective and thoughtful mayor...
...also commended Purcell for his bipartisanship, citing his hiring of a Republican chief of staff when he was mayor. Before being elected mayor, Purcell served for ten years as a member of the Tennessee House of Representatives, including six as majority leader...
...much more bold in his defiance of the ban, lining up for communion (offered in the pews by a priest) at the St. Patrick's Cathedral Mass during the Pope's visit to New York in April. New York's Archbishop, Cardinal Edward Egan, later publicly scolded the former mayor and presidential candidate, saying they had "an understanding" that he would not take Communion. A spokeswoman for Giuliani said his faith "is a deeply personal matter and should remain confidential...