Hazel R. O'Leary
| Hazel O'Leary | |
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| 7th United States Secretary of Energy | |
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In office January 22, 1993 – January 20, 1997 |
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| President | Bill Clinton |
| Preceded by | James Watkins |
| Succeeded by | Federico Peña |
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Hazel Reid May 17, 1937 Newport News, Virginia, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Carl Rollins (Divorced) Max Robinson (Divorced) John O'Leary (1980–1987) |
| Children | Carl (with Rollins) |
| Alma mater |
Fisk University Rutgers University, Newark |
Hazel Reid O'Leary (born May 17, 1937) was the seventh United States Secretary of Energy, from 1993 to 1997, appointed by President Bill Clinton. As of 2015, she is the first and only woman and first and only African American to hold the position. She served as president of Fisk University, a historically black college (HBCU), from 2004 to 2012.
Born Hazel Reid in Newport News, Virginia, to Dr. Russell E. and Dr. Hazel Palleman Reid. Both of the parents were successful medical doctors around the 1930s. She has a sister Edna Reid. Her parents divorced and each remarried. She and Edna have half-siblings Marina, Louis and William Morse. After earning a bachelor's degree at Fisk University in Nashville, O'Leary earned her Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree from Rutgers School of Law. O'Leary is a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority.
Reid married Carl G. Rollins, Jr., with whom she had a son, also named Carl. They later divorced. Her second husband was anchorman Max Robinson.
She remarried to John F. O'Leary, the former Deputy Secretary of Energy, on April 24, 1980. He died in 1987.
O'Leary worked as a prosecutor in New Jersey and was later a partner in the consulting/accounting firm of Coopers & Lybrand. During the Carter Administration, O'Leary was appointed assistant administrator of the Federal Energy Administration, general counsel of the Community Services Administration, and administrator of the Economic Regulatory Administration at the newly created Department of Energy.
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