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Elaine Chao
Elaine Lan Chao (;〔Hsiao-lan means "little orchid".〕 born March 26, 1953〔Ancestry.com. U.S. Public Records Index, Volume 1 (on-line ). Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Original data: Voter Registration Lists, Public Record Filings, Historical Residential Records, and Other Household Database Listings〕) is an American economist who served as the 24th U.S. Secretary of Labor under President George W. Bush from 2001 to 2009. Born in Taiwan to Chinese parents, she was the first Asian American woman in U.S. history to be appointed to a U.S. president's cabinet.〔("Press Briefing by Administration Officials on American Competitiveness Initiative" ), (February 1, 2006), retrieved February 25, 2009〕 She is married to U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.〔
==Early life and education==
Elaine Chao was born in Taipei, Taiwan. The eldest of six daughters, Chao was born to Ruth Mulan Chu Chao (趙朱木蘭 Zhào Zhū Mùlán), a historian, and Dr. James S.C. Chao (趙錫成 Zhào Xīchéng), who began his career as a merchant mariner and later founded a successful shipping company in New York called Foremost Shipping.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=James S. C. Chao )〕 Chao's parents had fled to Taiwan from mainland China after the Chinese Communists took over after the Chinese Civil War in 1949. When she was eight years old, in 1961, Chao came to the United States on a freight ship with her mother and two younger sisters. Her father had arrived in New York three years earlier after receiving a scholarship.
Chao attended Tsai Hsing Elementary School in Taipei for kindergarten and first grade, and attended Syosset High School in Syosset, New York, in the United States. She received a B.A. in Economics from Mount Holyoke College in 1975 and an MBA from Harvard Business School in 1979. At Mount Holyoke, she played field hockey and was a member of the horseback riding club; she also edited the yearbook, served as the student representative for the economics department, and worked as a Mount Holyoke recruiter.
Chao has received 35 honorary doctorates,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Elaine L. Chao Official Biography )〕 most recently a Doctor of Humane Letters from Georgetown University.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Chao Receives Doctorate from Georgetown University )〕
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