Raised in Richmond, Virginia, he earned a BA in Physics and an MS in Computer Science from the University of Virginia.  In Boston, he designed software for NASA’s Space Shuttle.  Later as a real estate developer, he specialized in historic rehabilitation.  One project he did is a Beaux-arts office building on the National Register of Historic Places; this is where the Mass GOP currently rents offices.  Other projects include medical research labs, senior housing, and cell towers.  His civic interests embrace architecture, art, and politics.  Married to Sandra Ourusoff Massey, he shares her home in New York, but they live primarily on Beacon Hill in Boston.  Summers are spent on an antique wooden boat in Newport.  He has three children.  David is a naval architect in Annapolis, Maryland.  George is head of investor relations for an energy firm in Peking.  Josephine recently graduated from Yale and works in the travel industry. 

He has many professional and community relationships and affiliations, including: Urban Land Institute; Building Owners & Managers Assoc.; Downtown North Association (Director); Center for Blood Research at Harvard Medical School (former Director); Center for Business and Government at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government (former Director); Institute for Classical Art & Architecture; Rural Land Foundation (Lincoln, MA);  Boston University Academy (Trustee); American Friends of the National Trust for Scotland (Trustee); Pioneer Institute (Boston); American Enterprise Institute (DC); Trinity Church (Boston); Somerset Club (Boston); Lansdowne Club (London); New York Yacht Club; Boston Athenaeum; Redwood Library (Newport); Peabody Essex Museum; The Pilgrims of the United States; Beacon Hill Civic Association; Friends of the Public Garden; U. S. Naval War College Foundation (Newport); Mission Hill Main Streets (Roxbury); The Order of St. John; Historic Richmond Foundation, VA (former Trustee); Urban League of Richmond, VA (former Treasurer).