Here’s a look at the life of former US Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack.
Personal
Birth date: 12 월 13, 1950
출생지: 피츠버그, 펜실베니아
Full name: Thomas James Vilsack
Father: Bud Vilsack
Mother: Dolly Vilsack
Marriage: 크리스티 (Bell) Vilsack (1973-present)
Children: Jess and Doug
Education: Hamilton College, B.A., 1972; Albany Law School J.D., 1975
Other Facts
Adopted as an infant from an orphanage by Bud and Dolly Vilsack.
Ran for mayor of Mount Pleasant, 아이오와, after his predecessor was shot and killed at a city council meeting.
Timeline
1975-1998 – Practices law.
1987-1992 – Mayor of Mount Pleasant, 아이오와.
1992 – Elected to the Iowa Senate.
1994 – Wins reelection to the Iowa Senate.
일월 15, 1999-일월 12, 2007 – Governor of Iowa.
2004 – Chair of the Democratic Governors’ Association.
십일월 9, 2006 – Vilsack files a statement of candidacy to run for the White House in 2008, becoming the first prominent Democrat to do so.
February 23, 2007 – Drops out of the 2008 대통령 선거.
4 월 2007 – Joins Minneapolis-based international law firm Dorsey and Whitney as a managing partner.
일월 21, 2009 – Is sworn in as the 30th secretary of the Department of Agriculture after a unanimous US Senate confirmation.
칠월 19, 2010 – Calls for the resignation of USDA official Shirley Sherrod after an excerpted video clip of Sherrod is posted online, in which Sherrod discusses an incident involving a white farmer. Vilsack contends that he made the decision without conferring with the White House.
칠월 21, 2010 – Vilsack apologizes to Sherrod after video of the full speech shows that her remarks from the clip were taken out of context. Vilsack offers Sherrod another job with the Department of Agriculture, which she later declines.
일월 15, 2016 – President Obama names Vilsack his Cabinet-level point person to address the problem of heroin and other opiate use in rural communities.
일월 13, 2017 – Vilsack steps down as agriculture secretary one week early.
4 월 10, 2017 – Colorado State University announces that Vilsack and his wife, Christie Vilsack, will join the university as advisers.
