Donna Shalala

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Donna Shalala (2000)

Donna Edna Shalala (* 14. February 1941 in Cleveland , Ohio ) is an American politician of the Democratic Party and high school teacher . She was Secretary of Health in the Clinton Cabinet from 1993 to 2001 and President of the University of Miami from 2001 to 2015 . She has been a member of the United States House of Representatives for the 27th Florida Congressional District since 2019 .

biography

Family and education

The daughter of Arab parents, the lawyer Edna Smith and the grocer James Abraham Shalala, who was active in the Syrian-Lebanese community, grew up in Cleveland, Ohio . She attended West Tech High School with her twin sister , which she graduated in 1958. She then studied history at the Western College for Women in Ohio, where she received her Bachelor of Arts degree in 1962 . Shalala served as one of the first peace corps volunteers in Iran between 1962 and 1964 , where he helped set up an agricultural faculty in Ahvaz . At Syracuse University she then studied social sciences with the help of a Carnegie Research Fellowship, where she graduated in 1968 with a Master of Arts . In 1970 she received her Ph.D. She began teaching academically in New York City , until 1972 at Baruch College and then at the Teachers' College of Columbia University .

Political and academic advancement

Shalala retired in 1975 to work as a director of the Municipal Assistance Corporation in overcoming the New York City debt crisis. In 1976 she gave lectures at Harvard Law School, among other things . From 1977 to 1980, during the tenure of US President Jimmy Carter, she was Assistant to Patricia Roberts Harris for Political Research and Development at the Department of Housing .

She then became president of Hunter College , part of the City University of New York , in 1980 at the age of 39 . While working there, she earned a feminist reputation for promoting the empowerment of women and minorities in faculties and university administration. There she co-founded the women's rights organization EMILY's List . In 1982 she was elected to the Council on Foreign Relations . In 1988 she became Chancellor of the University of Wisconsin – Madison and as such the first woman to head one of the so-called Big Ten universities. As Chancellor, she introduced the “Madison Plan” to combat racism at the university. Business Week magazine named her one of the top five managers in higher education; she raised over $ 400 million for her institution.

Minister of Health 1993 to 2001

On January 22, 1993 US President called Bill Clinton them as health minister ( Secretary of Health and Human Services ) to his cabinet - including for its management of the Children's Defense Fund and the first Libanesischstämmige in a US government. During the debate about the introduction of general health insurance before the US Congress in 1994, it took a leading role as such, although the campaign supported by the then First Lady Hillary Clinton was ultimately unsuccessful. Shalala subsequently helped organize the Children's Health Insurance Program , which provided health insurance to more than 2.5 million children.

She has also been involved in eliminating racial health disparities as well as programs to reduce violence against women and improve medication for AIDS . Many of their actions were done in collaboration with private organizations to improve the health of children and young adults, particularly in enforcing smoking bans . Politically, it was left of the line of the Clinton administration and opposed the 1996 decision to reduce welfare .

With the end of President Clinton's tenure on January 20, 2001, Shalala resigned from the government and, at the age of eight, was the longest serving Secretary of Health in the United States.

University president 2001 to 2015

It was then in 2001 president of the University of Miami and remained in that post until 2015. In 2007, she initiated together with Bob Dole of George W. Bush convened the President's Commission on Care for America's Returning Wounded Warriors , which lobbied for the interests of veterans. She also worked as a consultant in various committees. From 2015 she advised think tanks such as the Brookings Institution and the Council on Foreign Relations on questions of foreign politics and economics. From 2015 to April 2017 she was President of the Clinton Foundation and then taught political science at the University of Miami.

Congressman as of 2019

In March 2018, Shalala announced that it would be running for the 27th Congressional electoral district of Florida in the United States House of Representatives in the November 2018 election . So far, the mandate has been held by the centrist Republican Ileana Ros-Lehtinen , who stopped running in 2018. The constituency includes the urbanized areas of Miami Beach , the coast of Miami-Dade County, and downtown Miami ; Hillary Clinton won the 2016 presidential election there with a 19.7 percent lead over Donald Trump , which is why the Democrats saw a good chance of winning this seat. In the party's internal Democratic primary election , she competed against a number of prominent politicians. She won the area code on August 28, 2018 with 31.9 percent and a good four percentage points ahead of the runner-up.

Shalala ran in the November 2018 main election against Republican Maria Salazar, who is widely known locally as a longtime television journalist. Internal surveys in September 2018 saw both candidates largely on par. Nevertheless, Shalala prevailed in the election with 52 to 46 percent of the vote. Shalala, who had never stood in a political election before, was the oldest new congresswoman ever when she was sworn in on January 3, 2019, aged 77.

Honors

Donna Shalala has received numerous awards and honors. She received the National Public Service Award in 1992 and was named one of the top five managers in higher education by Bloomberg Businessweek that same year . US News & World Report named her one of America's Best Leaders in 2005. In 2008 she received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President George W. Bush and the Nelson Mandela Award , and in 2011 she was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame . Shalala is a member of seven scientific academies, including the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (since 1992), the American Philosophical Society, and the National Academy of Medicine , and has received approximately fifty honorary doctorates.

literature

  • Shalala, Donna Edna (b.1941). In: Suzanne O'Dea Schenken: From Suffrage to the Senate: An Encyclopedia of American Women in Politics. Volume 1. ABC-Clio, Santa Barbara, CA, Denver, Oxford 1999, pp. 611 f.
  • Shalala, Donna. In: Donna Hightower-Langston: A to Z of American Women Leaders and Activists. Facts on File, New York 2002, pp. 207 f.
  • Shalala, Donna (1941-). In: Mary Ellen Snodgrass: American Women Speak: An Encyclopedia and Document Collection of Women's Oratory. Volume 1. ABC-Clio, Santa Barbara, CA, Denver 2017, pp. 639-642.

Web links

Commons : Donna Shalala  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e Shalala, Donna (1941–). In: Mary Ellen Snodgrass: American Women Speak: An Encyclopedia and Document Collection of Women's Oratory. Volume 1. ABC-Clio, Santa Barbara, CA, Denver 2017, pp. 639-642.
  2. ^ Western College. In: OhioHistoryCentral.org.
  3. ↑ Shalala, Donna (1941-). In: Mary Ellen Snodgrass: American Women Speak: An Encyclopedia and Document Collection of Women's Oratory. Volume 1. ABC-Clio, Santa Barbara, CA, Denver 2017, pp. 639-642.
  4. ↑ Donna Shalala. In: Munzinger archive . International Biographical Archive No. 49, November 26, 2001 (beginning of article freely accessible).
  5. ↑ Shalala, Donna Edna (b.1941). In: Suzanne O'Dea Schenken: From Suffrage to the Senate: An Encyclopedia of American Women in Politics. Volume 1. ABC-Clio, Santa Barbara, CA, Denver, Oxford 1999, pp. 611 f.
  6. ↑ a b c Shalala, Donna. In: Donna Hightower-Langston: A to Z of American Women Leaders and Activists. Facts on File, New York 2002, pp. 207 f.
  7. ↑ a b Donna E. Shalala. Term of Office: 2001-2015. In. Miami.edu , last updated September 2017.
  8. ^ Marc Caputo :: Shalala poll shows her dominating Democratic field in Miami. In: Politico , February 20, 2018.
  9. ^ Marc Caputo :: Shalala poll shows her dominating Democratic field in Miami. In: Politico , February 20, 2018; Alex Daugherty, David Smiley: Donna Shalala is running for Congress in bid to replace Ros-Lehtinen. In: The Miami Herald , March 5, 2018.
  10. ^ Florida Primary Election Results. In: The New York Times , August 29, 2018.
  11. ↑ Martin Vassolo district Salazar beats Barreiro in GOP primary in Florida's 27th congressional. In: Miami Herald , August 28, 2018; Salazar Wins Republican Nomination, Will Face Democrat Shalala in Race to Replace Ros-Lehtinen in District 27. In: NBC Miami , Aug 28, 2018.
  12. ↑ Marc Caputo: Democrats fear Shalala campaign is in 'sleep mode' while challenger surges. In: Politico , September 19, 2018.
  13. ↑ Florida Election Results. In: The New York Times , November 6, 2018.
  14. ^ Susan McFarland: Two former Clinton officials announce bids for Congress. In: UPI.com , March 6, 2018.


personal data
SURNAME Shalala, Donna
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Shalala, Donna Edna (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician and university president
DATE OF BIRTH February 14, 1941
PLACE OF BIRTH Cleveland , Ohio