Thomas Henry Donald Mahoney (November 4, 1913, in Cambridge, Massachusetts[1] – April 21, 1997, in Palo Alto, California[2]) was an American professor and politician.

Mahoney graduated from Boston College in 1936 and earned his master's degree and a Ph.D. at George Washington University.

[2] Mahoney wrote and edited several books, including The United States in World History (co-written with J.

In 1989, at the age of 75, he earned a second doctorate degree in public affairs at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government.

[2] In 1948, Mahoney entered politics when he ran for and was elected to the Cambridge, Massachusetts School Committee.