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Valerie June Bowman Jarrett (born November 14, 1956) is an American government official who is currently the Senior Advisor to the President of the United States and Assistant to the President for Public Engagement and Intergovernmental Affairs in the Obama administration. She is a Chicago lawyer, businesswoman, and civic leader. Prior to that she served as a co-chair of the Obama–Biden Transition Project. ==Personal life== Jarrett was born in Shiraz, Iran, to American parents James E. Bowman and Barbara Taylor Bowman. One of her maternal great-grandfathers, Robert Robinson Taylor, was an architect who is sometimes cited as the first accredited African American architect. Her father, a pathologist and geneticist, ran a hospital for children in Shiraz in 1956 as part of a program where American physicians and agricultural experts sought to help developing countries' health and farming efforts. When she was five years old, the family moved to London for a year, later moving to Chicago in 1963.〔.〕 Her parents were both African-American; on the television series ''Finding Your Roots'', genealogical research and DNA testing indicated that Jarrett also has French, Scottish, and Native American ancestry.〔Stated on ''Finding Your Roots'', PBS, October 28, 2014〕 One of her great-grandfathers was Jewish.〔(The Jewish Daily Forward: "Presidential Aide Valerie Jarrett Discloses Her Jewish Roots" By Nathan Guttman ) March 7, 2011 |''"Many, many years ago, my parents hosted a seder for a group of our Jewish friends, and it was here that my father first told me that my great-grandfather was Jewish. What a wonderful surprise for our friends, and for me! So Passover has always been a special holiday for me"''〕 As a child, Jarrett spoke Persian and French. In 1966, her mother was one of four child advocates that created the Erikson Institute. The Institute was established to provide collective knowledge in child development for teachers and other professionals working with young children.〔.〕 Jarrett graduated from Northfield Mount Hermon in 1974. She earned a B.A. in psychology from Stanford University in 1978 and a juris doctor (J.D.) from the University of Michigan Law School in 1981.〔.〕 In 1983 Jarrett married William Robert Jarrett, son of ''Chicago Sun-Times'' reporter Vernon Jarrett. She attributes her switch from a private to a public career to their daughter Laura's birth and her own desire to do something that would make their daughter proud.〔.〕 To one reporter's emailed question about her divorce, she replied, "Married in 1983, separated in 1987, and divorced in 1988. Enough said."〔 In a ''Vogue'' profile, she further explained, "We grew up together. We were friends since childhood. In a sense, he was the boy next door. I married without really appreciating how hard divorce would be."〔 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「Valerie Jarrett」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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