ELIZABETH HANFORD "LIDDY"
DOLE (Republican - North Carolina)
BIOGRAPHICAL FACTS:
US Secretary of Labor, 1989-91. US Secretary of Transportation, 1983-87. Assistant
to President Reagan for Public Liaison, 1981-83. Chair, Voters for Reagan-Bush,
1980. Member, Federal Trade Commission, 1973-79. Deputy Assistant to President
Nixon for Consumer Affairs, 1971-73. Executive Director, President's Commission
for Consumer Interests, 1968-71. Staff Assistant, US Department of Health Education
& Welfare, 1966-67.
EDUCATION: B.A. with
honors (Political Science), Duke University, 1958. M.A. (Education & Government),
Harvard University, 1960. J.D., Harvard Law School, 1965.
PERSONAL: Born July
29, 1936 in Salisbury, North Carolina. Maiden name: Elizabeth Hanford. Married
to former US Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole (R-KS). No children. Methodist.
PROFESSIONAL: President,
American Red Cross, 1991-99. Attorney.