NATION : Engeleiter Sworn in as SBA Head
Susan Engeleiter, a woman who holds many firsts in the State of Wisconsin, was sworn in today as administrator of the Small Business Administration.
President Bush welcomed “this outstanding woman to our team” and then watched as Engeleiter, her hand on a Bible held by her husband Gerald, was administered the oath of office in the White House Roosevelt Room by Chase Untermeyer, White House director of personnel.
Engeleiter was the youngest woman in the country elected to a state legislature when she took office in 1975 at the age of 22. She is the first woman in Wisconsin history to hold a major elected leadership post when she served as assistant Senate minority leader in the Wisconsin Legislature from 1982 to ’84. She was elected Senate minority leader in November, 1984, and reelected in 1986.
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