Rachel Nunley
September 29, 2014
Asian American Politics
Elaine L. Chao
Elaine L. Chao was born March 26, 1953 in Taipei, Taiwan. She is the oldest of 6 girls and held a lot of the responsibility in her family. She was daughter to Ruth Mulan Chu Chao and Dr. James S.C. Chao. Her mother was her historian and her father a merchant, mariner, business leader, and philanthropist. James Chao is a founder of a shipping, trading, and finance enterprise called Foremost Group. Her family moved to Taipei after the Chinese Civil War when Chinese Communists took over. When she was 8 her mother 2 younger sisters and herself met her father in New York where he has received a scholarship and based his enterprise. After 3 years of saving money he was finally able to pay for their Visas.
In 1975 Elaine received her B.A. in economics from Mount Holyoke College and in 1979 she received her BMA from Harvard Business School. …show more content…
She didn’t start her involvement in public affairs until the mid 1980s. In 1983 Elaine applied for, and was soon after granted, a White House Fellowship under Ronald Reagans administration. By 1986 Elaine became Deputy Administrator to the Maritime Administration in the US Department of Transportation. In 1988 she was a chairwoman on the Federal Maritime Commission. This lasted until 1989 when George H.W. Bush nominated her to be Deputy Secretary of Transportation.
After leaving the United way Elaine joined the Heritage Foundation. Elaine was a distinguished Fellow at The Heritage Foundation where she worked on jobs, trade, competitiveness issues, and the workforce. Here George W. Bush selected her to become a member of his cabinet. Chao became the first Asian American woman to serve this position. She was Secretary of Labor and constantly worked to improve overtime regulations for workers in addition to updating regulations for workers unions financial information
September 29, 2014
Asian American Politics
Elaine L. Chao
Elaine L. Chao was born March 26, 1953 in Taipei, Taiwan. She is the oldest of 6 girls and held a lot of the responsibility in her family. She was daughter to Ruth Mulan Chu Chao and Dr. James S.C. Chao. Her mother was her historian and her father a merchant, mariner, business leader, and philanthropist. James Chao is a founder of a shipping, trading, and finance enterprise called Foremost Group. Her family moved to Taipei after the Chinese Civil War when Chinese Communists took over. When she was 8 her mother 2 younger sisters and herself met her father in New York where he has received a scholarship and based his enterprise. After 3 years of saving money he was finally able to pay for their Visas.
In 1975 Elaine received her B.A. in economics from Mount Holyoke College and in 1979 she received her BMA from Harvard Business School. …show more content…
She didn’t start her involvement in public affairs until the mid 1980s. In 1983 Elaine applied for, and was soon after granted, a White House Fellowship under Ronald Reagans administration. By 1986 Elaine became Deputy Administrator to the Maritime Administration in the US Department of Transportation. In 1988 she was a chairwoman on the Federal Maritime Commission. This lasted until 1989 when George H.W. Bush nominated her to be Deputy Secretary of Transportation.
After leaving the United way Elaine joined the Heritage Foundation. Elaine was a distinguished Fellow at The Heritage Foundation where she worked on jobs, trade, competitiveness issues, and the workforce. Here George W. Bush selected her to become a member of his cabinet. Chao became the first Asian American woman to serve this position. She was Secretary of Labor and constantly worked to improve overtime regulations for workers in addition to updating regulations for workers unions financial information