O'Leary, Hazel Rollins, 1937-

LC control no.	n 77012988
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	O'Leary, Hazel Rollins, 1937- *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Rollins, Hazel R., 1937-
Associated country	United States
Birth date	1937-05-17
Place of birth	Newport News (Va.)
Affiliation	Fisk University Rutgers School of Law, Camden (N.J.) Coopers & Lybrand United States. Federal Energy Administration United States. Department of Energy. Economic Regulatory Administration
Profession or occupation	Public officers Lawyers College presidents
Found in	U.S. Cong. Sen. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. FEA nomination, 1977 (subj.) t.p. (Hazel R. Rollins, nominated to be Asst. Admin. for Conservation, FEA); p. 11 (b. 5/17/37; LL.B. June 1966, Rutgers Law Sch.) U.S. Cong. Senate. Comm. on Energy and Natural Resources. Hazel R. O'Leary nomination, hearing ... 1993: t.p. (Hazel R. O'Leary; to be secretary, Department of Energy) p. 75 (O'Leary, Hazel Rollins; b. 5/17/37; Rutgers Law School, LL.B., June 1966) p. 81 (6/77-9/77, Assistant Administrator for Conservation, Fed'l Energy Admin.) African American National Biography, accessed March 5, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (O'Leary, Hazel R.; Hazel Reid; secretary of energy, organization founder / official; born 17 May 1937 in Newport News, Virginia, United States; graduated with honors from an Arts High School for artistically talented youth (1956); BA degree cum laude from Fisk University (1959); JD degree from Rutgers University School of Law (1966); appointed assistant prosecutor in Essex County (1967) and after that assistant attorney general; moved to Washington D.C. and joined the prominent accounting firm of Coopers and Lybrand; joined the Federal Energy Administration (FEA) as director of the Office of Consumer Affairs/Special Impact (1974); became a general counsel for the Community Services Administration and assistant administrator for conservation and environment with the FEA (1976;1977); was appointed chief of the Department of Energy's (DOE) Economic Regulatory Administration (1978); founded an international energy, economics, and strategic planning firm (1980); was secretary of energy in the Clinton administration (1992-December 1996); was appointed president of the Fisk University (July 2004))