At first declared winner, Johnston saw his victory overturned when a judge threw out 109 damaged and disputed ballots. A portrait of Franklin D. Roosevelt hangs in the living room, and downstairs in the den are prominent photographs of Eleanor Roosevelt and the Kennedys. In this way they managed to pay their tuition and take care of their first child.
Access is the key.
Access to high quality, affordable health care. Passionate environmentalists, partisans of humane welfare reform, the Johnstons are also avid supporters of public higher education. We discovered that in almost every major department there was a UMass alumnus. We're proud of that tradition of public service. Asked to pose with one of the campaign posters from the garage, Phil and Beverly cheerfully oblige.