Donna E. Shalala

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American politician academic administrator cabinet minister human university president

Donna E. Shalala is an American academic and public servant best known for serving as U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services and as president of the University of Miami.

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Label	Occurrences
Donna E. Shalala canonical	1
Donna Edna Shalala	1
Donna Shalala	1
Donna Shalala – former U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services	1

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This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4220714 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Donna E. Shalala
Context triple: [American Council on Education Distinguished Service Award, hasRecipient, Donna E. Shalala]

A. Carol Browner
Carol Browner is an American environmental policy expert and former head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency who has held several senior roles in Democratic administrations.
B. Elizabeth Miervaldis Lemon
Elizabeth Miervaldis "Liz" Lemon is the fictional, neurotic head writer of the sketch comedy show within the television series "30 Rock," portrayed by Tina Fey.
C. Kathleen Sebelius
Kathleen Sebelius is an American politician and former U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services who played a central role in the implementation of the Affordable Care Act.
D. Madeleine Albright
Madeleine Albright was the first female U.S. Secretary of State, known for her influential role in American foreign policy during the Clinton administration.
E. Laura Leedy Gansler
Laura Leedy Gansler is an American lawyer and author best known for her nonfiction book about a landmark sexual harassment case that inspired the film "North Country."
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Donna E. Shalala
Target entity description: Donna E. Shalala is an American academic and public servant best known for serving as U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services and as president of the University of Miami.

A. Carol Browner
Carol Browner is an American environmental policy expert and former head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency who has held several senior roles in Democratic administrations.
B. Elizabeth Miervaldis Lemon
Elizabeth Miervaldis "Liz" Lemon is the fictional, neurotic head writer of the sketch comedy show within the television series "30 Rock," portrayed by Tina Fey.
C. Kathleen Sebelius
Kathleen Sebelius is an American politician and former U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services who played a central role in the implementation of the Affordable Care Act.
D. Madeleine Albright
Madeleine Albright was the first female U.S. Secretary of State, known for her influential role in American foreign policy during the Clinton administration.
E. Laura Leedy Gansler
Laura Leedy Gansler is an American lawyer and author best known for her nonfiction book about a landmark sexual harassment case that inspired the film "North Country."
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (53)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American politician ⓘ academic administrator ⓘ cabinet minister ⓘ human ⓘ university president ⓘ
appointedBy	Bill Clinton ⓘ
awardReceived	National Public Service Award ⓘ Presidential Medal of Freedom ⓘ
boardMemberOf	Cleveland Clinic ⓘ UnitedHealth Group ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1941-02-14 ⓘ
degree	Bachelor of Arts ⓘ PhD in political science ⓘ
educatedAt	Syracuse University ⓘ Western College for Women ⓘ
employer	Baruch College ⓘ Clinton Foundation ⓘ Columbia University ⓘ Hunter College ⓘ Syracuse University ⓘ University of Miami ⓘ University of Wisconsin–Madison ⓘ
endTime	1988 ⓘ 1993 ⓘ 2001-01-20 ⓘ 2015 ⓘ 2017 ⓘ 2021-01-03 ⓘ
ethnicOrigin	Lebanese American ⓘ
familyName	Shalala ⓘ
fieldOfStudy	political science ⓘ
fullName	Donna E. Shalala self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Donna Edna Shalala
gender	female ⓘ
givenName	Donna ⓘ
memberOfPoliticalParty	Democratic Party ⓘ surface form: Democratic Party (United States)
notableAchievement	Longest-serving U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services at the time of her tenure ⓘ
notableWork	Leadership of U.S. Department of Health and Human Services during Clinton administration ⓘ
officeContested	U.S. House of Representatives seat for Florida's 27th congressional district ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Cleveland, Ohio, United States ⓘ
positionHeld	Chancellor of the University of Wisconsin–Madison ⓘ President and CEO of the Clinton Foundation ⓘ President of Hunter College ⓘ President of the University of Miami ⓘ United States Representative from Florida's 27th congressional district ⓘ United States Secretary of Health and Human Services ⓘ
residence	Miami, Florida, United States ⓘ
startTime	1980 ⓘ 1988 ⓘ 1993-01-22 ⓘ 2001 ⓘ 2015 ⓘ 2019-01-03 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

American Council on Education Distinguished Service Award → hasRecipient → Donna E. Shalala ⓘ

Miami Palmetto Senior High School → hasNotableAlumnus → Donna E. Shalala ⓘ

this entity surface form: Donna Shalala

Miami Palmetto Senior High School → notableAlumnusOccupation → Donna E. Shalala ⓘ

this entity surface form: Donna Shalala – former U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services

Donna E. Shalala → fullName → Donna E. Shalala self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Donna Edna Shalala

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