Donna Shalala

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Donna Edna Shalala ( shə-LAY-lə; born February 14, 1941) is an American former politician and academic who served as the U.S. representative for Florida's 27th congressional district from 2019 to 2021. She was the U.S. secretary of health and human services during the Clinton administration and served as assistant secretary of housing and urban development for policy development and research under Jimmy Carter. She is a member of the Democratic Party. Shalala received a bachelor's degree in 1962 and served in the Peace Corps before earning a PhD from Syracuse University in 1970. She subsequently held faculty positions at Baruch College and Columbia University, and was appointed Assistant Secretary at the Department of Housing and Urban Development under President Jimmy Carter. She served as president of Hunter College from 1980 to 1988, then as chancellor of the University of Wisconsin–Madison. From 1993 to 2001, she served as U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services under President...

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