Editing Lauro Cavazos (section)

{{Short description|American educator and politician (1927–2022)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name                = Lauro Cavazos
| image               = Cavazos.jpg
| order               = 4th
| office              = United States Secretary of Education
| president           = [[Ronald Reagan]]<br>[[George H. W. Bush]]
| term_start          = September 20, 1988
| term_end            = December 12, 1990
| predecessor         = [[William Bennett]]
| successor           = [[Lamar Alexander]]
| office2             = 10th President of [[Texas Tech University]]
| term_start2         = 1980
| term_end2           = 1988
| predecessor2        = Lawrence Graves (interim)
| successor2          = [[Robert W. Lawless]]
| birth_name          = Lauro Fred Cavazos
| birth_date          = {{birth date|1927|1|4}}
| birth_place         = [[King Ranch|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]]
| mother              = Tomasa (Quintanilla) Cavazos{{r|NYT_McFadden_20220316}}{{r|Cavazos_20080219}}
| father              = Lauro F. Cavazos Sr.{{r|NYT_McFadden_20220316}}{{r|Cavazos_20080219}}
| relatives           = {{ubl|descendant of [[Francita Alavez]]{{r|NYT_McFadden_20220316}}{{r|Cavazos_20080219|page=[https://archive.org/details/kinenoremembersf00cava/page/18/ 18]}}|[[Richard E. Cavazos]] (brother)}}
| spouse              = Peggy Ann Murdock{{r|NYT_McFadden_20220316}}
| children            = 10
| education           = {{ubl|[[Texas Tech University]] ([[Bachelor of Science|BS]], [[Master of Science|MS]])|[[Iowa State University]] ([[Doctor of Philosophy|PhD]])}}
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| branch              = [[United States Army]]{{r|Cavazos_20080219|pages=[https://archive.org/details/kinenoremembersf00cava/page/112 112]}}
| serviceyears        = {{Start date|1944}}{{mdash}}{{end date|1946}}{{r|Cavazos_20080219|pages=[https://archive.org/details/kinenoremembersf00cava/page/112 112]}}
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'''Lauro Fred Cavazos Jr.''' (January 4, 1927 – March 15, 2022) was an American educator and politician. He served as the [[United States Secretary of Education]], and was the first [[List of Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic]] to serve in the [[Cabinet of the United States|United States Cabinet]].