Newman, Constance Berry, 1935-
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- Constance Ernestine Berry
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found: U.S. Cong. Senate. Comm. of Governmental Affairs. Nomination of Constance Berry Newman, 1989:t.p. (Constance Berry Newman, to be Director of the Office of Personnel Management) p. 43 (Constance Ernestine Berry Newman, b. 7/8/35)
found: LC data base, 09-07-90(hdg.: Newman, Constance B., 1935-; usage: Constance B. Newman)
found: OCLC, May 5, 2015(access points: Newman, Constance B.; Newman, Constance Berry; Newman, Constance Ernestine Berry, 1935- ; usage: Constance Newman; Constance B. Newman; Constance Berry Newman)
found: Wikipedia, May 5, 2015(Constance Berry Newman; Constance Ernestine Berry Newman (born on July 8, 1935 in Chicago, Illinois) was the United States Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs from June 2004 to April 2005; Director of the United States Office of Personnel Management, 1989-1992; worked as a clerk typist, personnel assistant, and personnel manager with the United States Department of the Interior from 1962 to 1967. She worked with migrant farmers in the Office of Economic Development from 1967 to 1969. From 1969 to 1971 she served as Special Assistant to Elliot Richardson, who headed what is now known as the Department of Health and Human Services. In 1971, United States President Richard Nixon appointed Newman to serve as director of VISTA (Volunteers in Service to America), the domestic Peace Corps. She served as the Commissioner and Vice Chairman of the Consumer Product Safety Commission from 1973 to 1976. She received her Doctor of Laws, Bates College in 1972. Newman oversaw the consumer unit focused on Indian and elderly affairs as the Assistant Director of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development from 1976 to 1977. She co-founded Newman and Hermanson Company, a consulting firm specializing in the government regulatory procedures from 1977; worked as President of the Institute of American Business from 1982 to 1984, and as a Private Consultant from 1984 to 1987 on issues related to Africa, working on a World Bank project in which she lived and worked in the Southern African country of Lesotho; worked as the Cooperative Housing Foundation consultant on a World Bank project in Lesotho to merge existing housing corporations into one that was structured to receive World Bank funding from 1987 to 1988. She then served as the Director of the United States Office of Personnel Management from 1989 to 1992; Under Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution from 1992 to 2000; from 1994 to 2000 was a Board Member and Vice Chair of the District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority, and from 1998 to 2001 was a Board Member of the International Republican Institute; served as the Assistant Administrator for Africa of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) from November 2001 to June 2004; On June 24, 2004 President George W. Bush appointed her U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs. She resigned in April 2005)
found: The history makers website, May 5, 2015(Constance Berry Newman; Constance Ernestine Berry Newman was born on July 8, 1935, in Chicago, Illinois; in 1956, Newman earned her B.A. degree in political science from Bates College; in 1959, she earned her law degree from the University of Minnesota Law School; From 1967 until 1969, Newman worked for the Office of Economic Development working with migrant farmers and then served as Special Assistant to Elliott Richardson, who headed what is now known as the Department of Health and Human Services. In 1971, she was appointed by former President Richard Nixon to serve as director of VISTA (Volunteers in Service to America), the domestic Peace Corps. From 1973 until 1976 she served as the director of the Consumer Product Safety Commission. Between 1976 and 1977, Newman oversaw the consumer unit focused on Indian and elderly affairs as the assistant director of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. In 1977, she co-founded Newman and Hermanson Company, a consulting firm specializing in the government regulatory procedures. From 1982 until 1984, Newman worked for the Institute of American Business. In 1984, Newman served as a private consultant to on issues related to Africa, working on a World Bank project in which she lived and worked in the South African country of Lesotho. In 1989, President George H.W. Bush appointed her director of the Office of Personnel Management, and in 1992, she served as Under Secretary of the Smithsonian Institute. In 2001, Newman was sworn is an Assistant Administrator for Africa of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the government agency that administers economic and humanitarian assistance worldwide. In 2004, Newman was appointed Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs and sworn in by Secretary of State Colin Powell. She resigned in April 2005.) - http://www.thehistorymakers.com/biography/constance-berry-newman-40
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1989-10-12: new
2015-05-07: revised
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