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Hazel O'Leary
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Picture of Hazel Rollins O'Leary (Center) was the seventh United States Secretary of Energy from 1993 to 1997. Picture taken at Stanford Linear Accelerator Center in 1996

Hazel Rollins O'Leary (born May 17, 1937) was the seventh United States Secretary of Energy from 1993 to 1997.

Born in Newport News, Virginia, she is an alumna of the former segregated Huntington High School of Newport.

O'Leary worked as a prosecutor in the state of New Jersey after graduation from Rutgers University Law School and was later a partner in the accounting firm of Coopers & Lybrand. During the Jimmy Carter administration, O'Leary was 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. In 1981, O'Leary established with her husband the consulting firm of O'Leary & Associates, serving as vice president and general counsel. From 1989 to 1993, she worked as an executive vice president of the Northern States Power Company. O'Leary was nominated to be Secretary of Energy in 1993 by President Bill Clinton. Currently, O'Leary serves as President of her undergraduate alma mater, the historically black Fisk University in Nashville

References

  • Bio from Daily Press, STAFF AND WIRE REPORTS, July 14, 2004.
Preceded byJames D. Watkins United States Secretary of Energy
1993–1997
Succeeded byFederico Peña
United States secretaries of energy
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