'A very pragmatic guy'; Arthur Chase, former state senator, dies at 84.
Jurisdiction | United States |
Author | Eckelbecker, Lisa |
Date | 06 January 2015 |
Byline: Lisa Eckelbecker
WORCESTER -- Former state senator Arthur E. Chase, a businessman whose political positions sometimes put him at odds with his Republican colleagues, died Monday at his home after suffering from heart failure. He was 84.
Mr. Chase was a Worcester native whose political career took him from the Worcester School Committee to the Statehouse, even as he oversaw printing businesses that created high-end stationery for celebrities and invitations to a presidential inauguration.
Easily distinguished by his bald head, Mr. Chase cut a striking figure as he railed against what he saw as public excesses such as county government.
But he was also involved in building new entities, too. As a state senator, he helped launch a Worcester magnet school focused on math and science, and he worked across the aisle with fellow legislators to create the Central Massachusetts Legislative Caucus.
"We got a lot done,'' said Kevin O'Sullivan, chief executive of Massachusetts Biomedical Initiatives and the former Democratic state representative who worked with Mr. Chase to create a caucus that could coalesce around issues related to Central Massachusetts. "Friendships ensued. It was a very, very good thing. Working with Arthur, Arthur was a very pragmatic guy.''
Mr. Chase was born...
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