Ruth Harkin
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1944 –
Who is Ruth Harkin?
Ruth Harkin is the wife of United States Senator Tom Harkin and a member of the Iowa Board of Regents, the body responsible for overseeing the state's public universities. A Minnesota native, she married Senator Harkin in 1968 and has two daughters, Amy, born in 1976, and Jenny, born in 1981.
Harkin is an attorney and was one of the first women in the United States to be elected as a prosecutor when, in 1972, she was elected to the office of county attorney of Story County, Iowa. She served as a deputy counsel for the US Department of Agriculture prior to joining the Washington lobbying firm of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, LLP in 1983. In 1993, President Bill Clinton named her Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation. Ruth Harkin left the government and became United Technologies' Senior Vice President for international affairs and government relations in April 1997, leading their Washington D.C. office. In 2002, she became a Director of ConocoPhillips.
On July 2, 2007, Harkin announced her endorsement of Hillary Clinton for President.
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- Born
- 1944
Minnesota - Also known as
- Ruth Raduenz
- Mrs. Harkin
- Ruth R. Harkin
- Spouses
- Tom Harkin
(1968 - )
- Tom Harkin
- Children
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- University of Minnesota
- The Catholic University of America
- Employment
- Chief Executive Officer, Overseas Private Investment Corporation
(1993 - ) - Vice President, United Technologies Corporation
(1997 - 2005) - Deputy General Counsel, United States Department of Agriculture
(1979 - 1981) - Senior Vice President, International Affairs, United Technologies Corporation
(1997 - 2005) - Of counsel, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
(1983 - 1993) - Story County
(1972 - )
- Chief Executive Officer, Overseas Private Investment Corporation
- Lived in
- Alexandria
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on July 23, 2013
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