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Christine "Christie" Todd Whitman (born September 26, 1946) is an American Republican politician and author who served as the 50th Governor of New Jersey from 1994 to 2001, and was the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency in the administration of President George W. Bush from 2001 to 2003. She was New Jersey's first, and to date, only female governor.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://governors.rutgers.edu/NJ-index.htm#list )〕 She was the second woman and first Republican woman to defeat an incumbent governor in a general election in the United States. She was also the first Republican woman to be reelected governor. ==Early life, education, and family== Whitman was born Christine Todd in New York City, and grew up in Hunterdon County, New Jersey, the daughter of Eleanor Prentice Todd (née Schley) and businessman Webster B. Todd, both interested in New Jersey Republican politics. She attended Far Hills Country Day School〔Bumiller, Elisabeth. ("POLITICS: ON THE TRAIL; In Political Quest, Forbes Runs in Shadow of Father" ), ''The New York Times'', February 11, 1996. Retrieved December 11, 2007. "Christine Todd, Mr. Forbes's childhood friend from the Far Hills Country Day school, would grow up to become Governor Whitman."〕 and the Chapin School in Manhattan. She graduated from Wheaton College in 1968, earning a bachelor of arts degree in government. After graduation, she worked for Nelson Rockefeller's presidential campaign. Whitman is a descendant of two New Jersey political families, the Todds and the Schleys, and is related by marriage to New York's politically prestigious Whitman family. Her husband, who died in July 2015, was private equity investor John R. Whitman, a grandson of early 20th-century Governor of New York Charles S. Whitman. Her maternal grandfather, Reeve Schley, was a member of Wolf's Head Society at Yale and the vice president of Chase Bank. He was also a longtime president of the Russian-American Chamber of Commerce. With her late husband, Whitman has two children. Her daughter Kate has followed her mother into politics.〔Chen, David W. ("Former Governor’s Daughter Seeks a Congressional Seat in New Jersey" ), ''The New York Times'', November 30, 2007. Retrieved June 5, 2008.〕 Most recently, Kate Whitman ran for the 2008 Republican nomination for New Jersey's 7th District seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, placing second in a primary field of seven candidates with about 20 percent of the vote.〔("Lance takes 7th District GOP race" ), ''The Star-Ledger'', June 4, 2008. Retrieved June 4, 2008.〕 Previously, Kate Whitman served as press secretary for Craig Benson’s 2002 gubernatorial campaign in New Hampshire, and later, communications director for the New Hampshire Republican State Committee.〔("The Floridazation of American Politics" ), ''The Weekly Standard'', November 5, 2002.〕 She also was a Congressional aide〔(“UPI's Capital Comment for December 18, 2002” ), United Press International, December 18, 2002〕 and in 2007, she was named executive director of the Republican Leadership Council, her mother's organization which promotes moderate Republicanism.〔("On the Road to Reform: An Interview with Kate Whitman" ), ''The Moderate Voice'', April 16, 2007〕 Whitman also had a Scottish Terrier named Coors (now deceased), who is the mother of former president George W. Bush's dog Barney.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Barneys Biography )〕 Whitman has been a resident of Tewksbury Township, New Jersey.〔Cohen, Joyce. ("HAVENS; Weekender | Tewksbury, N.J." ), ''The New York Times'', November 22, 2002. Retrieved March 14, 2011. "The most famous resident is New Jersey's former governor Christine Todd Whitman, now administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, whose family owns a farm there."〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Christine Todd Whitman」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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