Linda Chavez
| Linda Chavez | |
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| Director of the Office of Public Liaison | |
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In office April 8, 1985 – February 4, 1986 |
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| President | Ronald Reagan |
| Preceded by | Faith Whittlesey |
| Succeeded by | Mari Maseng |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Linda Lou Chavez June 17, 1947 Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Christopher Gersten |
| Children | 3 |
| Education |
University of Colorado, Boulder (BA) University of California, Los Angeles |
Linda Lou Chavez (born June 17, 1947) is an American author, commentator, and radio talk show host. She is also a Fox News analyst, Chairman of the Center for Equal Opportunity, has a syndicated column that appears in newspapers nationwide each week, and sits on the board of directors of two Fortune 1000 companies: Pilgrim's Pride and ABM Industries. Chavez was the highest-ranking woman in President Ronald Reagan's White House, and was the first Latina ever nominated to the United States Cabinet, when President George W. Bush nominated her Secretary of Labor. She withdrew from consideration for the position when the media published allegations that she had employed an illegal immigrant a decade earlier. In 2000, Chavez was named a Living Legend by the Library of Congress.
Chavez was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico, the daughter of Velma Lucy (née McKenna) and Rudolfo Enrique Chavez, a tail gunner in World War II who worked as a house painter. She is of Neomexicana descent on her father's side. Her father was descended from immigrants to New Spain from Spain in the 17th century; his family had lived in the New Mexico area for several hundred years, his ancestor Diego de Montoya (born in Texcoco, New Spain, in 1596) was the leader of an encomienda, a protectorate of Puebloan peoples in Pueblo San Pedro in New Mexico. This ancestor of Chavez is shared with actor Adrian Grenier who is thus her ninth cousin. Another ancestor of Chavez is Mexican politician and general Manuel Armijo who served as governor of the Mexican territory of New Mexico, then as a general of the Mexican Army, surrendering to U.S. forces in the Mexican–American War. Her mother was of English and Irish ancestry. Chavez earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Colorado in 1970. She attended graduate school at UCLA.
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