Correspondence of Secretary Alphonso Jackson and Secretary Steven Preston, 2007 - 2008
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Jackson, Alphonso, 1945-
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Alphonso R. Jackson (born September 9, 1945) is an American educator and government official. He notably served as the 13th United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) from 2004 to 2008. Born in Marshall, Texas and raised in Dallas, he earned B.A. and M.Ed. degrees from Truman State University and a J.D. degree from the Washington University School of Law in St. Louis. Jackson began his professional career in St. Louis, as an assistant professor at the University of Missour...
Girl Scouts of the United States of America
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The Girl Scouts were founded by Juliette Gordon Low on March 12, 1912 when Low organized the first Girl Guide troop meeting of 18 girls at her home in Savannah, Georgia. By the next year they became the Girl Scouts of the United States. By the 1920s troops were forming overseas as well. Low was inspired to start the Girl Scouts after she met Robert Lord Baden-Powell, the founder of the Boy Scouts, in 1911. Beginning with Lou Henry Hoover, the incumbent First Lady has served as the Honorary Pr...
Boy Scouts of America
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The Boy Scouts of America (BSA) is one of the largest Scouting organizations in the United States of America and one of the largest youth organizations in the United States, with more than 2.4 million youth participants and nearly one million adult volunteers. The BSA was founded in 1910, and since then, more than 110 million Americans have been participants in BSA programs at some time. The BSA is part of the international Scout Movement and became a founding member organization of the World Or...
