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Catalina "Cathi" Vásquez Villalpando (born April 1, 1940) was the 39th Treasurer of the United States from December 11, 1989 to January 20, 1993 under President George H. W. Bush. She had previously held minor positions under President Ronald Reagan and was also a chairman of the Republican National Hispanic Assembly. In 1994, Villalpando was found guilty of obstruction of justice and tax evasion, becoming the only U.S. Treasurer ever to be sent to prison. ==Early life== Villalpando was born Catalina Vásquez to a poor family in San Marcos, Texas, one of four girls and two boys.〔David Johnston, ("U.S. Treasurer Being Investigated On Payments From Ex-Employer," ) ''The New York Times'' (October 30, 1992): A1.〕 Villalpando's father, a lifelong Democrat and migrant worker, used to take her and her siblings out into the fields so they would know what it was like to pick crops for a living. After attending parochial school, Villalpando graduated from San Marcos High School. She subsequently went to work at a jewelry store and as a secretary at Southwest Texas State College where she also attended part-time. She did not complete her studies at Southwest, instead- at her father's advice- enrolled at The University of Texas College of Business Administration. 〔Matt S. Meier and Margo Gutierrez, ("Villalpando, Cathi (Catalina) V.," ) ''The Mexican American Experience: An Encyclopedia'' (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2003), 416.〕〔Barbara Vobejda, "Government Stints Lace Villalpando's Career;...," ''The Washington Post'' (October 31, 1992).〕 Villalpando's association with Republican Party (GOP) politics began at this time when she took a secretarial position with the Texas Republican Party (TRP) in Austin while attending business school. In 1969, she became an assistant to the local director of the Community Service Administration where she dealt with minority and business issues. Villalpando eventually became director and, later, worked for the now defunct Office of Economic Opportunity.〔〔〔Vicki Ruíz and Virginia Sánchez Korrol, ("Latina U.S. Treasurers," ) ''Latinas in the United States: A Historical Encyclopedia, Volume I'' (Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 2006), 374-375.〕 By the late 1970s, Villalpando was working for the Commerce Department's Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) in Texas.〔John T. Woolley and Gerhard Peters, ("Appointment of Catalina Villalpando as Special Assistant to the President for Public Liaison, June 15, 1983," ) ''The American Presidency Project'' (Santa Barbara: University of California). Accessed on July 20, 2009.〕 In 1979, Villalpando returned to the private sector taking up the position of vice president for the Mid-South Oil Company.〔John T. Woolley and Gerhard Peters, ("Nomination of Catalina Vasquez Villalpando To Be Treasurer of the United States, April 4, 1989," ) ''The American Presidency Project'' (Santa Barbara: University of California). Accessed on June 17, 2009.〕 She also organized her own consulting firm, V.P. Promotions, providing public relations to minority-owned savings and loan institutions under a federal contract.〔〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Catalina Vasquez Villalpando」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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