Ann McLaughlin Korologos (born Ann Marie Lauenstein; November 16, 1941), formerly known as Ann Dore McLaughlin, is an American corporate executive who served as the 19th United States secretary of labor from 1987 to 1989.

Life and career

Korologos was born in

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, the daughter of Marie (née Koellhoffer) and Edward Joseph Lauenstein, a manufacturer representative for a wartime ammunitions company. She was educated at Saint Patrick School, the

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Marymount College, Tarrytown Marymount College, Tarrytown (also known as Marymount College of Fordham University) was a women's college in the United States which eventually became part of Fordham University. The Marymount campus was located in Tarrytown, New York. The last ...

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, where she spent a year studying abroad at the

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, and earned an EMBA from the

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at the

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in 1988. She has received honorary degrees from Marymount, the

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, the

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, the College of Saint Elizabeth, and

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. In 1972 and 1973 she served as the Press Secretary for the Inaugural Concerts for Nixon's 2nd inauguration. Before becoming the Labor Secretary, she had served as the Under Secretary of the

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and as Under Secretary of the Department of the Treasury. From 1990 to 1995, she was head of the Federal City Council, a group of business, civic, education, and other leaders interested in economic development in Washington, D.C. From 1996 to 2000, she was the chair of the

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. From 2000 to 2006, she was on the board of directors of

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, from which she resigned due to "increasing demands on her time from other professional and personal commitments". In 2008, she was on the District of Columbia Republican presidential primary ballot as a

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delegate. She currently serves as a member of the

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of several companies, including Fannie Mae,

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, and the

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, and from 2004-2009 served as chairman of the

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board of trustees. Previously, her married name was Dore, and in 1975 she married the political commentator and former

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priest

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, after having served as his campaign manager in his 1970 failed challenge against Senator

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for his

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seat in the United States Senate. They divorced in 1992. She now is married to

Tom C. Korologos Tom Chris Korologos (born April 6, 1933) is an American former diplomat who served as the United States Ambassador to Belgium. Early life, education, and early career A second generation Greek American, Korologos was born in Salt Lake City, Utah. ...

, former

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Ann Korologos Gallery

Korologos is an avid art collector, and in 2007 she purchased the Basalt Gallery, of

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. In June 2009, the gallery outgrew its old location and moved to a larger space downtown. She changed the name to the Ann Korologos Gallery at the same time. The gallery exhibits contemporary

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, and artists influenced by the American West, including

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, Tom Korologos, Tomas Lasansky (son of famed artist

Mauricio Lasansky Mauricio Leib Lasansky (October 12, 1914 – April 2, 2012) was an Argentine artist and educator known both for his advanced techniques in intaglio printmaking and for a series of 33 pencil drawings from the 1960s titled "The Nazi Drawings." ...

Lloyd Schermer Lloyd G. Schermer (born 1927) is an American businessman and artist. He was born in St. Louis, Missouri. Schermer served in the United States Navy during World War II. He attended Amherst College graduating in 1950, then earned an MBA from Harvar ...

, Peter Campbell, Neil CLifford, Heather Foster, Terry Gardner, Lisa Gordon, Ewoud de Groot, Donna Howell-Sickles, Peggy Judy, Sandra Kaplan, Paula Schuette Kraemer, Sarah Lamb, Amy Laugesen, Linda Lillegraven, Leon Loughridge, Janet Nelson, Joel Ostlind, Deborah Paris, Brett Scheifflee, Nathan Solano, Kate Starling, Allison Stewart, Sabrina Stiles, Andy Taylor, Sean Wallis (son of Kent R. Wallis), Mike Weber, Angus Wilson, Simon Winegar, Marie Figge Wise, Michael Wisner, Dinah Worman, Sherrie York, and Dan Young.

References

Biography on Microsoft web site

External links

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Life and career

Ann Korologos Gallery

See also

References

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