- Lynne Cheney
Infobox_Officeholder
name = Lynne Ann Vincent Cheney
imagesize = 200px
caption =
birth_date = birth date and age|1941|8|14
birth_place =Casper, Wyoming
occupation2 = Chair of the National Endowment for the Humanities
order2=6th Chair of the National Endowment for the Humanities
term_start2 = 1986
term_end2 = 1993
predecessor2 =William J. Bennett
"John Agresto (acting)"
successor2 =Sheldon Hackney
"Jerry L. Martin and Donald Gibson (acting)"
occupation1 =Second Lady of the United States
order1=Second Lady of the United States
term_start1 =January 20 ,2001
term_end1 =
predecessor1 =Tipper Gore
successor1 =Incumbent
religion =
spouse =Dick Cheney
children = Elizabeth, Mary
relations =Wayne Vincent andEdna Lybyer
alma_mater=Colorado College University of Wisconsin-Madison
Lynne Ann Vincent Cheney (born
August 14 ,1941 ) is the currentSecond Lady of the United States , the wife of United States Vice PresidentDick Cheney . She is anovel ist, conservative scholar, and former talk-show host.Childhood and education
A descendant of
Mormon pioneers with roots inDenmark ,England ,Ireland , andWales , [http://www.deseretnews.com/article/content/mobile/1,5620,635177560,00.html?printView=true] Lynne Ann Vincent was born inCasper, Wyoming . Her father was Wayne Edwin Vincent, anengineer ; her mother, the late Edna Lybyer, became a deputysheriff . She was raisedPresbyterian and became Methodist upon her marriage to Dick Cheney. [ [http://www.deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,635177560,00.html Lynn Cheney's ancestors] By Lee Davidson, "Deseret Morning News ", Jan. 21, 2006]Cheney obtained a
bachelor of arts degree with highest honors fromColorado College , where she was a member ofKappa Alpha Theta sorority . She furthered her education with a master of arts from the University of Colorado at Boulder, and a Ph.D. in 19th centuryBritish literature from theUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison (her dissertation was entitled "Matthew Arnold 's Possible Perfection: A Study of theKant ian Strain in Arnold's Poetry").Career
Lynne Cheney served as chairwoman of the
National Endowment for the Humanities from 1986 to 1993. In 1995 she foundedAmerican Council of Trustees and Alumni , a conservative group that monitors Americancollege s andacademia .She is a senior fellow in education and culture at the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research. She also serves as a of Reader's Digest Association, Inc. From 1995 to 1998, Cheney served as a co-host of the Sunday edition of
CNN 's "Crossfire", replacingTony Snow .Fact|date=September 2008Lynne Cheney served on
Lockheed Corporation 's board of directors from 1994 to 2001, a $120,000-a-year post she gave up shortly before her husband's inauguration; Cheney served on the board's Finance, and Nominating and Corporate Governance committees. [ [http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=5968 USA: Inside Lockheed's $250 Billion Pentagon Connection] by Geoffrey Gray, "Village Voice ", March 19th, 2003] [ [http://www.bizjournals.com/washington/stories/2001/01/01/daily19.html Vice president-elect's wife steps down from Lockheed board] , "Washington Business Journal " - January 5, 2001] In 2000 she was mentioned as a possible conservative female pick for Republican Vice Presidential nominee on theGeorge W. Bush ticket.Fact|date=September 2008 The appointed head of the nominating committee was her husband, Dick Cheney, then the CEO ofHalliburton , who eventually emerged as Bush's choice.Fact|date=September 2008She repeatedly spoke out against violent and sexually explicit lyrics in popular music, picking up on an issue originally made famous by former Vice President
Al Gore and his wife Tipper. She also criticizedvideo game makers for similar content. [ [http://archives.cnn.com/2000/ALLPOLITICS/stories/09/18/lynne.cheney/index.html Lynne Cheney blasts Gore comments on media violence - CNN.com] ]On an
October 10 ,2007 episode of "The Daily Show ", Lynne Cheney stated that she opposed aconstitutional amendment banninggay marriage .Family
Cheney has a brother, Mark Vincent, who lives in Wyoming with his wife Linda. She has been married to Richard "Dick" Cheney since 1964. They have two daughters and six grandchildren. Their daughters are
Elizabeth Cheney andMary Cheney . Elizabeth, also known as Liz, was bornJuly 28 ,1966 , and is married toPhilip Perry , the general counsel for theDepartment of Homeland Security . They have five children. She graduated from theUniversity of Chicago Law School in 1996 and has worked as aninternational law attorney ,consultant , and now for theState Department 's Near East Affairs Bureau. Mary Cheney was bornMarch 14 ,1969 . Openlylesbian , she lives with her partner, Heather Roan Poe (bornApril 11 ,1961 ), inGreat Falls ,Virginia . Mary Cheney gave birth to her first child, Samuel David Cheney, in May 2007. She is one of her father's top campaign aides and closest confidantes, and Lynne and Dick Cheney have expressed support for their daughter, while condemning other gay and lesbian people. In July 2003, she became the director of vice presidential operations for the Bush-Cheney 2004 presidential reelection campaign; she was a vital part of the campaign. Until May 2000, she was the lesbian/gay corporate relations manager for theCoors Brewing Company . She wrote a book about her work with her father in 2006.Books
[
Vicenza, Italy . (2004)] Lynne Cheney is theauthor or co-author of several books:* "Blue Skies, No Fences: A Memoir of Childhood and Family" (2007) (ISBN 1-4165-5328-89)
* "Our 50 States: A Family Adventure Across America" (2006) (ISBN 0-689-86717-4)
* "A Time for Freedom: What Happened When in America" (2005) (ISBN 1-4169-0925-7)
* "When Washington Crossed the Delaware : A Wintertime Story for Young Patriots" (2004) (ISBN 0-689-87043-4)
* "A is for Abigail : An Almanac of Amazing American Women" (2003) (ISBN 0-689-85819-1)
* "America: A Patriotic Primer" (2002) (ISBN 0-689-85192-8)
* "The Body Politic: A Novel" (2000) (ISBN 0-312-97963-0)
* "Kings of the Hill: How Nine Powerful Men Changed the Course of American History" (1996) (ISBN 0-7567-5864-5)
* "Telling the Truth" (1995) (ISBN 0-684-82534-1)
* "Academic Freedom" (1992) (ISBN 1-878802-13-5)
* "American Memory: A Report on the Humanities in the Nations Public Schools" (1987) (ISBN 0-16-004284-4)
* "Sisters" (1981; New American Library, Penguin Group) (ISBN 0-451-11204-0)
* "Executive Privilege" (1979) (ISBN 0-671-24060-9)Wyoming U.S. Senate Seat vacancy
Cheney had been considered to be a possible contender to fulfill the late U.S. Senator
Craig L. Thomas ' term in the U.S. Senate. [ [http://www.politico.com/blogs/thecrypt/0607/Lynne_Cheney_Susan_Thomas_floated_as_possible_replacements_for_late_Sen_Craig_Thomas.html The Crypt's Blog - Politico.com ] ] A Cheney spokesperson stated she was considering the post. Cheney chose not to seek the seat when she did not sign an application to become a candidate for the position. If she had won the seat, she would have become the first "Second Lady" to be in public office or the Senate since SenatorMuriel Humphrey .Notes
References
*Joe Mandak. "Lynn Cheney Upset With Kerry Over Remark" "Associated Press". October 14, 2004.
*Ian Bishop and Deborah Orin. "Veep to Kerry: How Dare You! - 'Angry Dad' Hits Foe for Naming Gay Daughter" "New York Post". October 15, 2004.External links
* [http://www.whitehouse.gov/mrscheney/ White House's Lynne Cheney Page]
* See [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1663835,00.html 10 Questions for Lynne Cheney] on Time.com
* [http://radio.nationalreview.com/betweenthecovers/post/?q=ZTBmNTFhODE4MmViZjZiZDJhMTY1OWI2N2NlNWJiMTE= Audio interview with National Review Online]
* [http://alternet.org/story/18587/ The Path of the Culture Warrior]
* [http://www.goacta.org/flashindex.html ACTA]
* [http://www.depauw.edu/news/index.asp?id=13942 Ubben Lecture at DePauw University]
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