Education: Commercial High School, Springfield (''73) ; American International College, Springfield (BS, Public Administration,''78) ; Boston College Law School, Chestnut Hill (J.D.,''81) ; PREV.PUB.OFF.: Judicial Nominating Committee Eastern Region Shair, ''91; Health Facilitie Appeals Board, ''83; Organizations: Lawyers'' Committee for Civil Rights; NAACP, Boston Branch; Massachusetts Bar Association