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Chao attended Tsai Hsing Elementary School in Taiwan for kindergarten and first grade. She attended Syosset High School in Syosset, New York, in Nassau County on Long Island and was naturalized as a U.S. citizen at the age of 19. Chao received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, Massachusetts.
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Apr 2, 2014 · However, she adapted to her new country and excelled as a student, earning a bachelor's degree from Mount Holyoke College in 1975 and a master's of business administration from Harvard University...
Jan 29, 2001 · Tenure: January 29, 2001 to January 20, 2009. From Kentucky; graduate of Mount Holyoke College and Harvard Business School. An immigrant who came to America at age eight speaking no English, she was the longest serving Secretary of Labor since WWII, and the first Asian Pacific American woman appointed to a President’s Cabinet.
U. S. Secretary of Transportation. U. S. Secretary of Labor. President & CEO, United Way of America. Director of Peace Corps. Chairman, Federal Maritime Commission. Banker with Bank of America & Citibank. Harvard Business School. Public servant. Problem-solver. Innovator. Immigrant. Trailblazer.
Jul 18, 2012 · But making her mark on the U.S. was not easy. As a child, she spent 37 days traveling by boat to get from Taiwan to America. Elaine Chao talks about her journey and her career with host Michel...
Chao reflects on becoming secretary of labor, the role of the Cabinet in the new Bush administration, and presidential transitions. She discusses job-creation measures, reforming regulations like ergonomics and overtime pay, department personnel, job training and partnerships, worker disability, and her relationship with congressional committees.
Elaine Chao, the eldest of the six daughters, became America's first woman of Asian heritage in history to be named to the President’s Cabinet. She has been appointed to two cabinet positions: U. S. Secretary of Labor and U. S. Secretary of Transportation.
