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In the News (Thu 31 Dec 09)

  
  Cavazos pens book on his life
Cavazos was bilingual before he even entered school because he and his siblings were encouraged always to speak only Spanish to his mother and only English to his father.
Cavazos also pushed for parents to be allowed the freedom to send their children to whatever public schools they liked, even if they were across school district lines.
Cavazos wrote that he planned to stay in Washington for only two years but that President Bush, through his chief of staff, John Sununu, asked him in 1990 to resign slightly before Cavazos was ready.
www.portasouthjetty.com /news/2006/0921/island_life/045.html   (1029 words)

  
 Dr. Lauro F. Cavazos
Lauro F. Cavazos was born near Kingsville, Texas in 1927.
Cavazos has 21 honorary degrees, has been honored as Distinguished Alumnus of Texas Tech University and was named “Most Influential Hispanic” in the United States by Hispanic Business.
Currently Dr. Cavazos is a Professor and Director of the Graduate Programs in Public Health Department of Family Medicine and Community Health at Tufts University’s School of Medicine in Boston, MA.
www.depts.ttu.edu /officeofculturaldiversity/cavazos.htm   (202 words)

  
 Laredo Morning Times - Memoir tells of rise to D.C.
Cavazos’ memoir, “A Kineño Remembers: From the King Ranch to the White House” chronicles the lessons he learned growing up on the sprawling King Ranch that is roughly the size of Rhode Island.
Cavazos would use them to become a pioneer among Mexican Americans, serving as president of Texas Tech University; dean of the medical school at Tufts University in Boston, where he still teaches; and Secretary of Education from 1988 to 1991.
Cavazos — who spoke Spanish to his mother and English to his father — was one of a few students in his part of South Texas who started school able to speak English.
www.lmtonline.com /site/news.cfm?newsid=17814579&BRD=2290&PAG=461&dept_id=569392&rfi=6   (1079 words)

  
 News Releases: Iowa State University
Lauro Cavazos, U.S. Secretary of Education for more than two years during the Ronald Reagan and George Bush administrations (September 1988 to December 1990), and an Iowa State alumnus, will give the commencement address.
Cavazos, a native Texan, received bachelor's and master's degrees (zoology) at Texas Tech before completing a Ph.D. in physiology from Iowa State in 1954.
Cavazos' confirmation as education secretary by the U.S. Senate was unanimous.
www.iastate.edu /~nscentral/releases/03/aug/cavazos.shtml   (368 words)

  
 Cinco de Mayo   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Lauro Cavazos served as United States secretary of education from 1988 to 1990.
Cavazos was born on Jan. 4, 1927, near Kingsville, Texas.
Cavazos became president of Texas Tech in 1980.
www.worldbook.com /features/cinco/html/hispanic_pioneers_cavazos.html   (155 words)

  
 Texas Tech University Archives- Administrative Collections
Cavazos, Lauro F. A sixth generation Texan, Lauro Fred Cavazos was born on January 4, 1927 on the vast King Ranch in South Texas, where his father was the foreman of the showcase Santa Gertrudis Division.
Lauro F. Cavazos Papers, 1943-1991 and undated: This 64 box collection is divided into three sections: University of Virginia and Tufts University, 1958-1987, Texas Technological University, 1943-1988 and undated, and Department of Education, 1969-1991 and undated.
S 170.2 Lauro F. Cavazos Papers, 1932-1994 and undated: This 15 box collection consists of personal records, as well as records from his tenure as president of Texas Tech University, as Secretary of Education, and as a professor at Tufts University.
swco.ttu.edu /University_Archive/uacollections1.html   (3531 words)

  
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Cavazos, a sixth generation Texan, was born in 1927 on the vast King Ranch in South Texas, where his father was the foreman of the showcase Santa Gertrudis division.
Cavazos is a recognized expert in the fields of medicine and education, and is the author or co-author of more than 75 publications in the areas of physiology and reproduction, structure of cells and tissues, and medical education.
Cavazos is married to the former Peggy Murdock, and the two are parents of ten children.
www.swco.ttu.edu /Guide/c.htm   (14291 words)

  
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Cavazos, 900 F.2d 894 (1990), petition for cert.
Cavazos, 902 F.2d 617 (1990), petition for cert.
Finally, the 1987 OBRA Amendments did not relieve the federal government of its obligation to reimburse the state guaranty agencies; the purpose of the amendments was to recapture funds held by the agencies in a fiduciary capacity that Congress found were unnecessary to their continued functioning.
www.usdoj.gov /osg/briefs/1990/sg900864.txt   (4283 words)

  
 Distinguished Awards Celebration: Iowa State University
Lauro F. Cavazos (PhD '54 physiology) has devoted his life and his career to medicine and education, consistently breaking new ground along the way.
Cavazos is a sixth-generation Texan who earned his BA and MA in zoology from Texas Tech University before earning his doctorate from Iowa State University.
He was a strong advocate of parental involvement in education, launched new programs to combat drug and alcohol use, and targeted federal resources to improve conditions and opportunities for the neediest school districts.
www.iastate.edu /~president/DAC/06/cavazos.shtml   (358 words)

  
 The Book Pl@ce: Title Detail
On September 20, 1988, Lauro Cavazos became the first Hispanic in the history of the United States to be appointed to the Cabinet, when then - vice president George H. Bush swore him in as secretary of education.
Cavazos, born on the legendary King Ranch in South Texas and educated in a two-room ranch school-house, served until December 1990, after which he returned to his career in medical education and academic administration.
In his home, he was introduced to a natural bilingualism: he and his siblings were encouraged to speak only English with their father and only Spanish with their mother.
www.thebookplace.com /bookplace/display.asp?K=900000000505802&bic=HBK&since=60&sort=SORT_DATE/d&tag=BOQ3WXXX68695X457KJA9D&ds=American+history&m=58&dc=112   (268 words)

  
 UNC-TV ONLINE: Education Leadership Summit   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Cavazos was appointed Secretary toward the end of Reagan's second term in 1988.
A former president of Texas Tech University, Dr. Cavazos continued to serve as Secretary for the first two years of the Bush presidency, stepping down in 1990.
Alexander was selected by President Bush to succeed Cavazos in 1991.
www.unctv.org /ELS/panelists.html   (277 words)

  
 Local author   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
As a descendant of Jose Narciso Cavazos, who received the San Juan de Carricitos Land Grant directly from the King of Spain in the 1700s.
Lauro worked at the King Ranch for 38 years, until his death in 1958.
Bobby was born and raised on the King Ranch and served as foreman over its 255,000 acre Laureles Division, the ranch's largest division.
www.victoriatexas.com /cavazos.htm   (244 words)

  
 A Kineño Remembers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
On September 20, 1988, Lauro Cavazos became the first Hispanic in the history of the United States to be appointed to the Cabinet, when then—vice president George H. Bush swore him in as secretary of education.
Cavazos, born on the legendary King Ranch in South Texas and educated in a two-room ranch schoolhouse, served until December 1990, after which he returned to his career in medical education and academic administration.
_________________________________________________________ LAURO F. is currently a professor in the department of public health and family medicine at Tufts University School of Medicine, having previously served as dean of the School of Medicine.
www.tamu.edu /upress/BOOKS/2006/cavazos.htm   (572 words)

  
 CRYING FOR THE MOON
Cavazos is just now the federal government's tame educationist, a replacement part newly stuck into the socket left empty by the departure of William Bennett, who will now take care of the drug war.
Nor to we believe that Lauro Cavazos ever put his hand on his heart or his Bible or whatever and "made the commitment" to go to the moon.
Cavazos' fruitcake fantasy in which "no person will drop out of school" is about exactly that- no person.
www.fortfreedom.org /l25.htm   (1180 words)

  
 Deans - School of Medicine - Tufts University   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Cavazos was a Dean at Tufts School of Medicine from 1975-1980.
Cavazos served as the 10th president at Texas Tech University for eight years were he made history as the first Hispanic and first graduate of the university to hold office.
Cavazos served as Secretary of Education from 1998-1990 under both President Regan's and George W. Bush's Administrations.
www.tufts.edu /med/about/events/black_history/deans.html   (345 words)

  
 Remarks at the Swearing-in Ceremony for Lauro F
Cavazos, Members of the Congress that are here, and ladies and gentlemen, thank all of you.
Cavazos and to their family and friends a proud welcome to the White House.
But along with high distinction, Dr. Cavazos brings something else to the Cabinet and to the Department of Education, something even more important to our schools and to our students, something I've made a cornerstone of this administration's policies since day one.
www.reagan.utexas.edu /archives/speeches/1988/092088c.htm   (861 words)

  
 the 71st Legislature on Tuesday when the told legislators
Paul Moreno, D-E1 Paso, be- fore Cavazos finished his speech to a joint session of the House and Senate.
Cavazos then said ~t was not ~ intent or that of President Bush to tell them how to achieve quality education.
Secretory 'of Education Lauro Cavazos addresses a joint ses- sion of the Texas Legislature on Tuesday in Austin while Lt. Gov.
tobaccodocuments.org /nysa_ti_m2/TI02960101.html   (774 words)

  
 V.83 No.9 Pages 677-683/May 2002: Stallings   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Cavazos was in almost every respect Bennett's polar opposite; his mild demeanor and "quiet deportment" stood in direct contrast to Bennett's forceful and often aggressive approach to dealing with Congress and educators.
Cavazos responded first by putting in place new regulations for eligibility for student loans that met with general approval.
When Cavazos stepped down in December 1990, he left behind a department with a new appreciation for the plight of lower-income and minority students and a more open attitude toward working with educational institutions, especially colleges.
www.pdkintl.org /kappan/k0205sta.htm   (4461 words)

  
 News Releases - w w w . t a m u k . e d u   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Cavazos’ father was a ranch foreman and one of the men to whom the large ranch owes much respect for helping them harness the land of the Wild Horse Desert.
Cavazos is currently a professor in the family medicine and community health department at Tufts University School of Medicine in Boston and has also been on the faculty of the Medical College of Virginia.
Cavazos has received numerous awards including the 1988 National Hispanic Leadership Award in Education by the League of United Latin American Citizens and in 1989, the President’s Medal from the City College in New York and the Medal of Honor from the University of California at Los Angeles.
www.tamuk.edu /news/2004/february/ranching_symposium   (1566 words)

  
 Lauro F. Cavazos: An Inventory of His Papers 1943-1991 and undated, at the Southwest Collection/Special Collections ...
A sixth generation Texan, Lauro Fred Cavazos was born on January 4, 1927 on the vast King Ranch in South Texas, where his father was the foreman of the showcase Santa Gertrudis Division.
A recognized expert in both the field of medicine and the field of education, Cavazos was a consultant to national and international health organizations, including the World Health Organization and a variety of inter-American health groups.
On August 9, 1988 President Reagan nominated Cavazos for Secretary of Education, and on September 20, 1988 he was unanimously confirmed by the United States Senate.
www.lib.utexas.edu /taro/ttusw/00035/tsw-00035.html   (575 words)

  
 National Review: Shortest education presidency?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Cavazos is by all accounts a scholar and a gentleman, he is entirely a creature of the education establishment-and its innumerable associations, lobbyists, and unionists are delighted with his appointment.
Cavazos appears to have but one firm judgment: too many youngsters are dropping out of them.
Lauro Cavazos seems bent on turning it back into the agency that Jimmy Carter designed.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1282/is_n5_v41/ai_7441319   (596 words)

  
 Lauro Cavazos   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
He was born on the King Ranch, Kingsville, Texas, where his father served as foreman of the showcase Santa Gertrudis Division.
He was the son of Lauro F. Cavazos Sr.
Cavazos • Alexander • Riley • Paige • Spellings
zone-alarm.donkeylink.com /en/Lauro_Cavazos.htm   (268 words)

  
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The first two questions presented in the petition are identical to the questions presented in Maryland Higher Education Loan Corp. v.
Cavazos, No. 90-4, all of which seek review of the judgment of the Fourth Circuit upholding the constitutionality of Section 3001.
Our consolidated brief in opposition in those cases (a copy of which has been provided to petitioner's counsel) fully explains why review should not be granted in any of these cases.
www.usdoj.gov /osg/briefs/1990/sg900791.txt   (1929 words)

  
 Education $$$
Bush appointed an Education Secretary, Lauro Cavazos, who is more accommodating to the liberals than even the rest of the accommodating administration appointments.
Cavazos is interested in going along to get along.
If we want education back on the front page and on the front burner, we need to send Cavazos back to the university he came from in Texas, and put Bennett back in the office where he belongs.
www.allenhemphill.com /Education%20Money.htm   (538 words)

  
 Welcome to Lauro Cavazos Middle School
Cavazos Cavaliers produce and deliver newscasts for our in-house television network, use computers to analyze and interpret data, perform scientific techniques in biotechnology and accomplish research via telecommunications.
Cavazos is a school that cares about our students and works to prepare them for the futures they want!
Cavazos can prepare, educate and train you for your future.
www.lubbockisd.org /cavazos   (235 words)

  
 Rockport Pilot, Newspaper of Aransas County, Rockport, TX
Cavazos will also be available to sign copies of his new book, A Kineño Remembers: From the King Ranch to the White House.
Cavazos continues to serve on the faculty of Tufts University Medical School.
The Cavazos visit is a part of the ongoing public program series sponsored by the Aransas County Historical Society.
www.rockportpilot.com /articles/2007/01/17/people/people00.txt   (334 words)

  
 MySA.com: Metro | State
Cavazos, also a former president of Texas Tech University, was the featured speaker at the unveiling, held as part of a memorial service for the soldiers who died at Goliad.
Cavazos was among almost 70 Alvarez kin who gathered in Goliad over the weekend.
On Saturday, they voted to create the Angel of Goliad Descendants Historical Preservation to continue the research on Alvarez and to ensure her story is not lost by future generations.
www.mysanantonio.com /news/metro/stories/MYSA29.01B.goliad_statue_folo_0329.473ecd2.html   (624 words)

  
 PART 1
Robert Loeb, Attorney, Department of Justice, also entered an appearance for Lauro F. Cavazos, Secretary of Education, et al.
John D. Aldock, John Townsend Rich and Elizabeth M. Brown were on the brief for Appellants Association for Retarded Citizens of Georgia, et al.
Cavazos (holding that plaintiffs possess article III standing).
aaweb.lsu.edu /ELRC7890_004/CavazosPart1.htm   (5746 words)

  
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U.S. Secretary of Education, Lauro F. Cavazos, believes that -regardless of cultural heritage, race, or religion...
Alternative Negative Premise: The inculcation of moral values in schools violates the separation of church and state and therefore discriminates against the diversity of religion in America.
Cavazos, Lauro F. "A Mandate for the Future: Teaching Ethics in the Public Schools." NASSP Bulletin.
home.eclions.net /mbobic/AMGov/Moral.htm   (1652 words)

  
 Lauro Fred Cavazos
Lauro Cavazos fue el primer latino nombrado Secretario de Educación de los Estados Unidos.
Cavazos enseñó en el Medical College of Virginia y en Tufts University en la facultad de medicina.
Como el Secretario de Educación Cavazos se concentró en la participación de la familia en las actividades de sus hijos y creó programas anti-drogas.
www.american.edu /cas/philorel/prominenthispanics/cavazos.htm   (234 words)

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