John F. Bok

John Fairfield Bok (1930–2014) was an American lawyer who was influentially involved in advocacy on municipal matters in Boston.

Early life and education Bok was the son of renown astronomers Bart Bok and Priscilla Fairfield Bok. He was born in Boston, and raised in Belmont, Cambridge, Lexington (all communities in Massachusetts). He graduated high school at Belmont High School.

Bok attended Harvard College, studying government. He spent one of his summers of college working in Washington, D.C., for Secretary of State Dean Acheson. Bok graduated Harvard in 1951. After taking a year off school, Bok began Harvard Law School. In her own career, Joan Bok worked her way up to become the chairwoman of New England Electric System.

Bok is the grandfather of Kenzie Bok, a former Boston City Council member and the current head of the Boston Housing Authority.

Bok died September 27, 2014, of aspiration pneumonia at the age of 84 while at Massachusetts General Hospital.