Donna E. Shalala

A Representative from Florida. Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, February 14, 1941. Graduated from West Technical High School, Cleveland, Ohio, 1958. A. B. , Western College for Women, Oxford, Ohio, 1962. Ph. D. , Syracuse University, Syracuse, N. Y. , 1970. United States Peace Corps, 1962-1964. Professor, Teachers College, Columbia University, 1972-1977. Assistant secretary, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 1977-1980. Professor and president, Hunter College of the City University of New York, New York City, N. Y. , 1980-1987. Professor and chancellor, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wis. , 1987-1993. Secretary of Health and Human Services in the Cabinet of President William J. Clinton, 1993-2001. President, University of Miami, Miami, Fla. , 2001-2015. Nonprofit executive. Awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President George W. Bush, 2008. Elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Sixteenth Congress (January 3, 2019-January 3, 2021). Unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Seventeenth Congress in 2020.