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News from PRINCETON UNIVERSITY For immediate release: April 9, 2002 Contact: Marilyn Marks, 609-258-3601 or mmarks@princeton.edu Media Advisory: Governor of Puerto Rico to speak April 11Who: Sila Maria Calderón, governor of Puerto Rico What: Lecture on "Puerto Rico: Looking Ahead" When: 4:30 p.m. Thursday, April 11 Where: Dodds Auditorium in Robertson Hall on the Princeton campus Calderón was inaugurated as the first female governor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico in January 2001, following a three-year term as mayor of the capital city of San Juan. She began her career in the Puerto Rican government in the early 1970s, serving as executive aide to the labor secretary, special aide to the governor for economic development and labor, chief of staff for the governor, secretary of government and secretary of state. Calderón left the public sector in 1990 and served on several corporate and foundation boards. From 1990 to 1995, she was in charge of a community effort that involved the private and public sectors in the social and economic rehabilitation of one of San Juan's poorest areas. |
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