Health and Human Services

Bush’s candidate for Secretary of HHS is Wisconsin Governor Tommy Thompson. After graduating from Syracuse in 1970, she taught political science at Bernard Baruch College in New York City, then taught politics and education at Columbia Teacher's College. Thompson was re-elected in 1990, garnering 58 percent of the vote. Shalala served as president of Hunter College in New York City from 1980 until 1988. He also plans to improve housing for the elderly. In 1975 Shalala became director and treasurer of the Municipal Assistance Corporation, which helped reverse New York City's financial collapse. At HUD she promoted women's issues, working toward the creation of battered women's shelters, mortgage credits for women, and anti-discrimination measures. The governor in 1994 became the first in Wisconsin’s history elected to a third, four-year term and on November 3, 1998, was elected to an unprecedented fourth term. He was elected assistant Assembly minority leader in 1973 and Assembly minority leader in 1981. After graduating in 1962, she served two years in the Peace Corps in Iran, then returned to the United States to attend Syracuse University. Shalala also chaired the Children's Defense Fund, and in 1993 she was selected by President Bill Clinton (1993-2001 ) to be secretary of health and human services. In addition to the services they deliver, the HHS programs provide for equitable treatment of beneficiaries nationwide, and they enable the collection of national health and other data.