| Summary: | University president and cabinet appointee Hazel Rollins O'Leary was born Hazel Reid on May 17, 1937 in Newport News, Virginia. She graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Fisk University in 1959. O'Leary went on to obtain her J.D. degree from Rutgers University Law School in 1966. From 1967 to 1969, O'Leary was assistant county prosecutor in Essex County, New Jersey. Later, she joined the accounting firm of Coopers & Lybrand as a partner. During President Carter's administration, O'Leary was an assistant administrator of the newly-created Department of Energy. In 1981, O'Leary and her husband formed O'Leary and Associates. From 1989 to 1993, she served as executive vice president of Northern States Power. Nominated by President Clinton in 1993, O'Leary became the seventh United States Secretary of Energy. In 1996, O'Leary joined Blaylock and Partners, becoming CEO in 2002. In 2004, she was named president of Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee.
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