Immigrant of the Day: Madeleine May Kunin (Switzerland)

Madeleine May Kunin (born September 28, 1933), a Democrat, was the Governor of Vermont (1985-1991) and U.S. Ambassador to Switzerland from 1996 to 1999.  She was Vermont's first woman governor.

Born in Zurich, Kunin moved to the United States as a child and is a naturalized U.S. citizen. She received her bachelor's degree from the University of Massachusetts, a master's degree from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, and a master's degree from the University of Vermont.

Kunin served in the Clinton administration as deputy secretary of education of the United States from 1993 until 1997, when she became the ambassador to her native Switzerland, as well as to Liechtenstein. She has endorsed Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) for the President of the United States.

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