John Henry Sununu served as the 75th Governor of New Hampshire and later White House Chief of Staff under President George H. W. Bush. He is the father of John E. Sununu, a former senator from New Hampshire, and formerly a U.S. Representative. Sununu was the chairman of the New Hampshire Republican Party from 2009 to 2011. Sununu was born in Havana, Cuba, the son of Victoria and John Saleh Sununu, an international film distributor. He is of Palestinian Christian descent. His father grew up in Jerusalem and his mother was born in San Salvador, El Salvador. He is a Maronite Catholic. He... earned a BS in 1961, a Master's degree in 1963, and a PhD in 1966 from MIT, all in mechanical engineering. Sununu is a member of Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity. From 1968 until 1973, he was Associate Dean of the College of Engineering at Tufts University and Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering. He served on the Advisory Board of the Technology and Policy Program at MIT from 1984 until 1989. Sununu became New Hampshire's 75th Governor on January 6, 1983, and served three consecutive terms.
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