Today’s Jewish Birthday: Kitty Dukakis

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Kitty Dukakis, 2015 (Photo: Wikipedia)

Kitty Dukakis (December 26, 1936) is an American author. She is married to former Massachusetts governor Michael Dukakis.

Kitty Dickson, a student at Brookline High School (1954)

Dukakis was born Katharine Virginia Dickson in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the daughter of Jane (née Goldberg) and Harry Ellis Dickson. Her paternal grandparents were Russian Jews; her mother was born to an Irish Catholic father and a Hungarian Jewish mother, and had been adopted by a family of German Jewish descent. Her father was a member of the first violin section of the Boston Symphony Orchestra for 49 years and also served as Associate Conductor of the Boston Pops Orchestra.

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