His funeral was attended by Senator John F. Kennedy. Legacy A men's dormitory facility on the Long Island Hospital campus on Long Island in Boston Harbor is dedicated to Tobin. The Tobin Building's cornerstone was laid on November 9, 1940. In 1967, the Mystic River Bridge was renamed the Maurice J. Tobin Memorial Bridge. An elementary school is named after Tobin in the Mission Hill neighborhood of Boston, where he was born. The Psychology Department at the University of Massachusetts Amherst is located in Tobin Hall. See also Statue of Maurice J. Tobin Timeline of Boston, 1930s-1940s References Sources Lapomarda, Vincent A. The Boston Mayor Who Became Truman's Secretary of Labor: Maurice J. Tobin and the Democratic Party, Peter Lang Publishing, 1995. Schoenebaum, Eleonora W., ed. Political Profiles: The Truman Years (1978) Further reading Lapomarda, Vincent A. "Maurice Joseph Tobin: The Decline of Bossism in Boston," New England Quarterly (1970) 43#3 pp. 355–381 in JSTOR Lapomarda, Vincent A. "Maurice Joseph Tobin and the American Jewish Community: The Preservation of the State of Israel, 1948-1953." American Benedictine Review (1981) 32#4 pp: 387-398. Newspapers "Maurice J. Tobin, Truman Aide, Dies," New York Times, July 20, 1953. "Truman Pays Tribute," New York Times, July 20, 1953 "Eisenhower Lauds Tobin," New York Times, July 21, 1953; "3,000 Attend Rites for Maurice Tobin," New York Times, July 23, 1953. External links U.S. Department of Labor Biography Tobin election results at ourcampaigns.com |- |- |- 1901 births 1953 deaths Boston School Committee members Boston College alumni Democratic Party governors of Massachusetts Mayors of Boston Democratic Party members of the Massachusetts House of Representatives United States Secretaries of Labor American people of Irish descent Truman administration cabinet members 20th-century American politicians American Roman Catholics People from Mission Hill, Boston Burials at Holyhood Cemetery (Brookline)