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Betsy DeVos
Sign in to saveAlso known as Elisabeth Dee DeVos, Elisabeth "Betsy" DeVos, Elisabeth Dee Prince, Elisabeth Dee "Betsy" DeVos
American politician and philanthropist (born 1958)
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 3
Top works
- Hostages No More
- Hostages to the Cause - Carton of 10 Signed Copies
- Hostages to the Cause
via Open Library + Wikidata
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- France
- Active from
- 1922-11-09
- Active to
- 2006-06-15
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 11
- Total plays
- 12
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Defective LPS Signaling in C3H/HeJ and C57BL/10ScCr Mice: Mutations in
<i>Tlr4</i>
Gene
· 1998 · cited 5,603x
- Multi-omics of the gut microbial ecosystem in inflammatory bowel diseases
· 2019 · cited 2,802x
- Identification and expression cloning of a leptin receptor, OB-R
· 1995 · cited 2,724x
- Recombinant Mouse OB Protein: Evidence for a Peripheral Signal Linking Adiposity and Central Neural Networks
· 1995 · cited 2,361x
- Body-mass index and all-cause mortality: individual-participant-data meta-analysis of 239 prospective studies in four continents
· 2016 · cited 2,242x
via Crossref · CC0
Quotes
- “I have decided to stop taking offense at the suggestion that we are buying influence. Now I simply concede the point. They are right. We do expect something in return. We expect to foster a conservative governing philosophy consisting of limited government and respect for traditional American virtues.”
- “I would imagine that there’s probably a gun in the school to protect from potential grizzlies.”
- “More and more parents are coming to realize their children are suffering at the hands of a system built to strangle any reform, any innovation, or any change. . . . This realization is becoming more evident as the momentum builds for an education revolution.”
- “More and more studies show that kids are actually stoppers of the disease and they don’t get it and transmit it themselves, so we should be in a posture of — the default should be getting back to school kids in person, in the classroom”
via Wikiquote · CC BY-SA
Key facts
- President
- Donald Trump
- Deputy
- Mick Zais
- Preceded by
- John King Jr.
- Succeeded by
- Miguel Cardona
- Born
- Elisabeth Dee Prince , ( 1958-01-08 ) January 8, 1958 (age 68) , Holland, Michigan , U.S.
- Party
- Republican
- Spouse
- Dick DeVos ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1979 )
- Relatives
- Edgar Prince (father), Erik Prince (brother)
- Education
- Calvin College ( BA )
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official website
- betsydevos.com
- Image
- Betsy DeVos official portrait.jpg
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- P10632
- Betsy DeVos
- date of birth
- 1958-01-08
- Commons category
- Betsy DeVos
- birth name
- Elisabeth Dee Prince
- name in native language
- Betsy DeVos
- social media followers
- 116555
- affiliation string
- US Department of Education
via Wikidata · CC0
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Article
Elisabeth Dee DeVos (/dəˈvɒs/ də-VOSS; née Prince; born January 8, 1958) is an American politician, philanthropist, and former government official who served as the 11th United States secretary of education from 2017 to 2021. DeVos is known for her conservative political activism, and particularly her support for school choice, school voucher programs, and charter schools. She was Republican national committeewoman for Michigan from 1992 to 1997 and served as chair of the Michigan Republican Party from 1996 to 2000, and again from 2003 to 2005. She has advocated for the Detroit charter school system and she is a former member of the board of the Foundation for Excellence in Education. She has served as chair of the board of the Alliance for School Choice and the Acton Institute and headed the All Children Matter PAC.
DeVos is married to former Amway CEO Dick DeVos. Her brother, Erik Prince, a former U.S. Navy SEAL officer, is the founder of Blackwater USA. Their father is billionaire industrialist Edgar Prince, founder of the Prince Corporation. In 2016, the family was listed by Forbes as the 88th-richest in America, with an estimated net worth of $5.4 billion.