Shirley Chater
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Shirley Sears Chater (born July 30, 1932) is an American nurse, educational administrator and government official. In the 1970s and 1980s, Chater held faculty appointments in nursing and education at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) and the University of California, Berkeley, respectively. She worked as an administrator at UCSF and then worked for two national education councils.
Shirley Chater | |
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Commissioner of the Social Security Administration | |
In office October 8, 1993 ā February 28, 1997 | |
President | Bill Clinton |
Preceded by | Lawrence Thompson (Acting) |
Succeeded by | John Callahan (Acting) |
Personal details | |
Born | Shirley Jean Sears (1932-07-30) July 30, 1932 (age 91) Shamokin, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Political party | Democratic |
Education | University of Pennsylvania (BSN) University of California, San Francisco (MSN) University of California, Berkeley (PhD) |
Chater was president of Texas Woman's University from 1986 to 1993. She left TWU to serve as Commissioner of Social Security from 1993 to 1997. She helped the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation develop the Executive Nurse Fellows program. Chater was named a Living Legend of the American Academy of Nursing in 2000.