What is Lauro Cavazos?
{{Infobox officeholder | name=Lauro F. Cavazos, Jr. | image=Cavazos.jpg | caption=Official photograph of Cavazos | order=4th | title=[[United States Secretary of Education]] | term_start=September 20, 1988 | term_end=December 12, 1990 | predecessor=[[William Bennett]] | successor=[[Lamar Alexander]] | president=[[Ronald Reagan]]<br />[[George H. W. Bush]] | birth_date={{birth date|1927|01|04}} | birth_place= [[Kingsville, Texas]], U.S. | death_date= {{death date and age|2022|3|15|1927|1|4}} | death_place=[[Concord, Massachusetts]], U.S. | party= [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] | spouse=Peggy Ann Cavazos (née Murdock) | alma_mater=[[Texas Tech University]]<br>[[Iowa State University]] | profession=[[Educator]] | footnotes= }} '''Lauro Fred Cavazos Jr.''' (January 4, 1927 &ndash; March 15, 2022) was an [[Americans|American]] politician. He served as [[United States Secretary of Education|Secretary of Education]] from 1988 to 1990. He was the first [[Hispanic]] to serve in the [[Cabinet of the United States|United States Cabinet]]. Cavazos was born in [[Kingsville, Texas|Kingsville]], [[Texas]]. He was of [[Mexico|Mexican]] descent. Cavazos died on March 15, 2022 in [[Concord, Massachusetts]] at the age of 95.<ref>{{cite news|url = https://www.lubbockonline.com/story/news/2022/03/16/former-texas-tech-president-lauro-cavazos-dies-95/7064794001/|title = A Texas Tech trailblazer: Former University President, Cabinet Secretary Lauro Cavazos dies at 95|work = [[Lubbock Avalanche-Journal]]|date = March 16, 2022|accessdate = March 16, 2022|last = Driggars|first = Alex}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== {{commonscat-inline}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Cavazos, Lauro}} [[Category:1927 births]] [[Category:2022 deaths]] [[Category:United States Secretaries of Education]] [[Category:Democratic Party (United States) politicians]] [[Category:Politicians from Texas]] {{US-bio-stub}} {{USSecEd}}