“The entire Boston University community grieves the loss of one of our cherished alumnae, Melissa Hortman, who was a beloved and respected public servant.”
The Minnesota lawmaker who was fatally shot in her home over the weekend in an apparent assassination was an alumna of two Boston-area universities.
Melissa Hortman, a former Democratic House speaker, graduated from Boston University’s College of Arts and Sciences with degrees in philosophy and political science, the university said. She received graduate degrees from the Harvard Kennedy School and the University of Minnesota, according to her state biography.
She and her husband, Mark, were shot and killed in their northern Minneapolis suburban home early Saturday morning. Vance Boelter, the man accused of killing her, allegedly also shot state Sen. John Hoffman, a Democrat, and his wife earlier on the same night.
Hortman, 55, graduated from BU in 1991. BU President Melissa Gilliam addressed the loss in a statement Sunday.
“The entire
