
Photos: From Chelsea to the Obama administration

Joe Resnek with his father, Josh, and the family dog in their Chelsea home.
Resnek family photo
| June 16, 2012

Resnek in 8th grade at Williams Middle School in June 2003.
| June 16, 2012

Resnek in his freshman dorm during his first week at Harvard in September 2007.
Joe Valdez
| June 16, 2012

Resnek, left, toured Europe in his capacity as Chief Justice of the Harvard Model Supreme Court in March 2009.
Courtesy Joe Resnek
| June 16, 2012

Resnek with his mock trial team. He played a Boston police officer, wearing a Chelsea police uniform.
Courtesy of Joe Resnek
| June 16, 2012

Resnek and then-gubernatorial candidate Deval Patrick in August 2006.
Jarrett Barrios
| June 16, 2012

Eugene L. O'Flaherty, far left, a State Representative for Chelsea, Chelsea City Manager Jay Ash, and Joe Resnek on Sept. 13, 2006. A small presentation was held in the Great Hall of the State House, where the Chelsea flag was included for display.
Dominic Chavez/Globe Staff/file/2006
| June 16, 2012

Resnek listened as Alan Solomont, the US ambassador to Spain, practiced a speech.
Aram Boghosian for The Boston Globe
| June 16, 2012

Resnek, 23, recently sat on the steps of a friend's house on Essex Street in Chelsea.
Aram Boghosian for The Boston Globe
| June 16, 2012

Resnek visited his mother Carol in her English class at Chelsea High School.
Aram Boghosian for The Boston Globe
| June 16, 2012

Resnek visited his former principal, Joseph Mullaney, at Chelsea High School.
Aram Boghosian for The Boston Globe
| June 16, 2012

Resnek at the arrival ceremony of British Prime Minister David Cameron on the White House South Lawn. Resnek was with his stepmother, Carolyn.
Michael Grant
| June 16, 2012

Resnek played a pickup game with Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, and Salazar won, 7-4.
Salazar's secret service detail
| June 16, 2012