Julia V. Taft
| Julia V. Taft | |
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| Assistant Secretary of State for Population, Refugees, and Migration | |
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In office November 10, 1997 – January 19, 2001 |
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| President | Bill Clinton |
| Preceded by | Phyllis E. Oakley |
| Succeeded by | Gene Dewey |
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| Born | July 27, 1942 Governors Island, New York |
| Died | March 15, 2008 (aged 65) Washington, D.C. |
| Spouse(s) | Fred Malone William Howard Taft IV |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | University of Colorado at Boulder |
Julia Ann Vadala Taft (July 27, 1942 – March 15, 2008) was a United States official who was involved in international humanitarian assistance, and who served as Director of the Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance from 1986 to 1989, and as Assistant Secretary of State for Population, Refugees, and Migration from 1997 to 2001.
Julia Ann Vadala was born on Governors Island in New York Harbor. Her father was Colonel Anthony Vadala, a surgeon in the Army Medical Corps, and her mother was Shirley Harris Vadala. She attended the University of Colorado at Boulder, receiving a bachelor's degree in international politics in 1964, and a master's degree in international politics in 1969.
After graduating from the University of Colorado in 1969, Vadala completed a fellowship at the White House. She then became an aide to United States Secretary of Health and Human Services Elliot Richardson.
In 1975, U.S President Gerald Ford appointed Julia V. Taft as Director of the Interagency Task Force on Indochina Refugees created by the Indochina Migration and Refugee Assistance Act. In this capacity, she oversaw the resettlement of more than 130,000 evacuees from Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam after the fall of Saigon.
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