Editing Ed Markey (section)

==Early life and education ==
Markey was born on July 11, 1946, in [[Malden, Massachusetts]], the son of Christina M. (née Courtney) and John E. Markey, a milkman. Markey's mother was the valedictorian of her high school class but was unable to attend college because her mother died and she was needed to care for the family.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thecrimson.com/article/1976/11/22/ed-markey-the-milkmans-son-who/|title=Ed Markey: The milkman's son who broke the rules|work=The Harvard Crimson|author=Hilder, David B.|date=November 22, 1976|language=en|access-date=August 13, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/bostonherald/access/56441073.html?FMT=ABS | work=Boston Herald | title=Obituary; John E. Markey, at 89, manager for H.P. Hood | date=July 14, 2000 | access-date=July 6, 2017 | archive-date=November 5, 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105084419/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/bostonherald/access/56441073.html?FMT=ABS | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/bostonherald/access/32366457.html?FMT=ABS | work=Boston Herald | title=Obituary; Christina M. Markey, congressman's mother | date=July 24, 1998 | access-date=July 6, 2017 | archive-date=November 5, 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105084428/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/bostonherald/access/32366457.html?FMT=ABS | url-status=dead }}</ref> The family was [[Irish Catholic]], and Markey was educated at Immaculate Conception School and [[Malden Catholic High School]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bachrach |first=George |date=2020-09-25 |title=Markey didn’t reinvent himself, he was rediscovered |url=https://commonwealthbeacon.org/opinion/markey-didnt-reinvent-himself-he-was-rediscovered/ |access-date=2025-05-16 |website=CommonWealth Beacon |language=en-US}}</ref>

Starting in the summer of 1965, Markey was the driver and salesperson for an [[Ice cream van|ice cream truck]] in [[Lexington, Massachusetts]]. He was known as "Eddie the Ice Cream Man" to neighborhood children and used the proceeds from the [[HP Hood]] route to pay tuition at Boston College. In the late 1960s Markey was cited by the Lexington Police for the ringing of his bell to announce the ice cream truck's presence. Soon after the citation, the selectmen of Lexington changed the ordinance and he was allowed to ring his bell.<ref>{{cite news |last=Aveson |first=Heather |url=https://colonialtimesmagazine.com/eddie-the-ice-cream-man-2/ |title="Eddie" the Ice Cream Man |work=Colonial Times Magazine |date=August 24, 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180926151952/http://colonialtimesmagazine.com/eddie-the-ice-cream-man-2/ |archive-date=September 26, 2018 |access-date=July 28, 2019 }}</ref>

Markey graduated from [[Boston College]] in 1968 with a [[Bachelor of Arts]] and from [[Boston College Law School]] in 1972 with a [[Juris Doctor]].<ref name="cong-bio">{{cite web| url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=m000133 | work=[[Biographical Directory of the United States Congress]] | title=Markey, Edward John |publisher=[[United States Congress]]}}</ref>