Kari murphy biography of barack

Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama was first lady of the United States from 2009-2017, the wife of the 44th president of the United States, Barack Obama. The Obamas were the first African American president and first lady of the United States. She is also a lawyer and a writer.

Obama was born January 17, 1964, in Chicago, Illinois, and raised on Chicago's south side. She graduated cum laude from Princeton University in 1985 with a B.A. in sociology and a minor in African American studies and earned a J.D. from Harvard Law School in 1988. Following law school, Obama worked as an associate in the Chicago branch of the law firm Sidley Austin in the area of marketing and intellectual property. In 1989, she met her future husband, a summer intern at Sidley Austin, whom she was assigned to as an advisor. They married on October 18, 1992.

Obama served as an assistant to the mayor and then as the assistant commissioner of planning and development for the city of Chicago. In 1993, she became executive director for the Chicago office of Public Allies, a non-profit leadership training program that helped young adults develop skills for future careers in the public sector. She joined the University of Chicago in 1996 as associate dean of student services, developing th

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John Kerry

American minister and official (born 1943)

For the sixteenth-century English minister, see Lav Kerry (MP).

John Kerry
Kerry dynasty 2021
In office February 1, 2013 – January 20, 2017
President	Barack Obama
Deputy	William J. Burns Wendy Sherman (acting) Antony Blinken
Preceded by	Hillary Clinton
Succeeded by	Rex Tillerson
In office January 20, 2021 – March 6, 2024
President	Joe Biden
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	John Podesta (Senior Advisor)
In office January 2, 1985 – February 1, 2013
Preceded by	Paul Tsongas
Succeeded by	Mo Cowan
Committee chairmanships In office January 6, 2009 – February 1, 2013 Preceded by Joe Biden Succeeded by Bob Menendez In office January 3, 2007 – January 3, 2009 Preceded by Olympia Snowe Succeeded by Mary Landrieu In office June 6, 2001 – January 3, 2003 Preceded by Kit Bond Succeeded by Olympia Snowe
In office January 6, 1983 – January 2, 1985
Governor	Michael Dukakis
Preceded by	Thomas P. O'Neill III
Succeeded by	Evelyn Murphy
Born	John Forbes Kerry (1943-12-11) Dec 11, 1943 (age 81) Aurora • Concession Speech - June 7, 2008 Thank you so much. Thank you all. Well, this isn't exactly the party I'd planned, but I sure like the company. I want to start today by saying how grateful I am to all of you - to everyone who poured your hearts and your hopes into this campaign, who drove for miles and lined the streets waving homemade signs, who scrimped and saved to raise money, who knocked on doors and made calls, who talked and sometimes argued with your friends and neighbors, who emailed and contributed online, who invested so much in our common enterprise, to the moms and dads who came to our events, who lifted their little girls and little boys on their shoulders and whispered in their ears, "See, you can be anything you want to be." To the young people like 13 year-old Ann Riddle from Mayfield, Ohio, who had been saving for two years to go to Disney World, and decided to use her savings instead to travel to Pennsylvania with her mom and volunteer there as well. To the veterans and the childhood friends, to New Yorkers and Arkansans who traveled across the country and telling anyone who would listen why you supported me. To all those women in their 80s and their 90s born before women could vote who cast their votes for our campaign. I've told you before