Lauro Fred Cavazos was born on 4 January 1927 on the King Ranch near Kingsville, Texas, and became the first Hispanic American named to a United States cabinet post. Educated in zoology and physiology, with a Ph.D. in physiology from Iowa State University in 1954, he taught anatomy at the Medical College of Virginia for ten years, then taught at the Tufts University School of Medicine from 1964 and became its dean in 1975. In 1980 he returned to Texas Tech University as its president, directing its Health Science Center as well, and in 1984 he received a presidential award for outstanding leadership in the field of education. President Reagan chose him as Secretary of Education in 1988 to succeed William Bennett, and he served under Reagan and George H.W. Bush until 1990.
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Born on January 4, 1927, on the sprawling King Ranch near Kingsville, Texas
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Lauro Fred Cavazos Jr. (January 4, 1927, March 15, 2022) was an American educator and politician.
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Lauro Cavazos (born 1927) was the first Hispanic American to be named to a cabinet position.
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Cavazos returned full-time to his alma mater, Texas Tech, accepting a position as university president.
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