Delaine Eastin
| Delaine Eastin | |
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Delaine Eastin
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| 25th State Superintendent of Public Instruction of California | |
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In office January 2, 1995 – January 5, 2003 |
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| Governor |
Pete Wilson Gray Davis |
| Preceded by | David Dawson |
| Succeeded by | Jack O'Connell |
| Member of the California State Assembly from the 20th district |
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In office 1992–1994 |
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| Preceded by | Alister McAlister |
| Succeeded by | Liz Figueroa |
| Member of the California State Assembly from the 18th district |
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In office 1986–1992 |
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| Preceded by | Alister McAlister |
| Succeeded by | Liz Figueroa |
| Personal details | |
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Delaine Andree Eastin August 20, 1947 San Diego, California, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
Delaine Andree Eastin (born August 20, 1947) has held positions as a California State Assemblymember, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, professor, and businesswoman. She was the first woman (and only, to date) to be elected as the California State Superintendent of Public Instruction.
Eastin represented parts of Alameda and Santa Clara counties in the California State Assembly between 1986 and 1994. She is a member of the Democratic Party.
In November 2016, Eastin announced that she intends to be a candidate for Governor of California in the 2018 race.
Eastin was born in San Diego, California, where her father served in the U.S. Navy. After her father completed his career in the Navy, the family moved to San Francisco where her mother had been born and raised. Delaine enrolled in elementary school in San Francisco, where she was one of 44 children in the second grade classroom. While the teacher was effective, it was impossible for her to attend to the needs of every child in the class. The family moved to San Carlos shortly thereafter, where Delaine enrolled in a school where she was one of 20 children. This was a life-changing experience, and Delaine was able to get the attention she needed to thrive academically. As she says, "I came by my interest in class size reduction from personal experience". A native Californian, Eastin received her bachelor's degree from the University of California, Davis, and her master's degree in political science from the University of California, Santa Barbara.
After graduation, Eastin taught women's studies and political science at several California community colleges including Ventura College, DeAnza College and Canada College. Following seven years of teaching, she joined Pacific Telephone in 1979 as an accounting manager and then, as a corporate strategic planner, where she worked for the company that became Pacific Telesis Group and sought to recreate itself in response to the breakup of AT&T. As a corporate planner, she served on the team that advocated expansion into a then new technology area, cellular phone service, resulting in PacTel Mobile, finally acquired by Vodaphone.
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