Catalina Vasquez Villalpando
| Catalina Vásquez Villalpando | |
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| 39th Treasurer of the United States | |
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In office December 11, 1989 – January 20, 1993 |
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| President | George H. W. Bush |
| Preceded by | Katherine D. Ortega |
| Succeeded by | Mary Ellen Withrow |
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April 1, 1940 San Marcos, Texas, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
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Catalina "Cathi" Vásquez Villalpando (born April 1, 1940) was the 39th Treasurer of the United States from December 11, 1989 to January 20, 1993 under President George H. W. Bush. She had previously held minor positions under President Ronald Reagan and was also a chairman of the Republican National Hispanic Assembly. In 1994, Villalpando was found guilty of obstruction of justice and tax evasion, becoming the only U.S. Treasurer ever to be sent to prison.
Villalpando was born Catalina Vásquez to a poor family in San Marcos, Texas, one of four girls and two boys. Villalpando's father, a lifelong Democrat and migrant worker, used to take her and her siblings out into the fields so they would know what it was like to pick crops for a living. After attending parochial school, Villalpando graduated from San Marcos High School. She subsequently went to work at a jewelry store and as a secretary at Southwest Texas State College where she also attended part-time. She did not complete her studies at Southwest, instead- at her father's advice- enrolled at The University of Texas College of Business Administration.
Villalpando's association with Republican Party (GOP) politics began at this time when she took a secretarial position with the Texas Republican Party (TRP) in Austin while attending business school. In 1969, she became an assistant to the local director of the Community Service Administration where she dealt with minority and business issues. Villalpando eventually became director and, later, worked for the now defunct Office of Economic Opportunity.
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