Betsey Bayless was born on January 10,1944 and was the 17th Secretary of State of Arizona from September 5,1997, until January 6,2003.
11 Facts About Betsey Bayless
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Betsey Bayless was appointed to fill the unexpired term of fellow Republican Jane Dee Hull.
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Betsey Bayless was elected to a full term November 3,1998.
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Betsey Bayless earned a bachelor's degree in Latin American Studies and Spanish from the University of Arizona, where, as a Phi Beta Kappa, she received the Freeman Medal as outstanding graduate in 1966.
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Betsey Bayless earned her master's degree in public administration at Arizona State University.
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Betsey Bayless served as Director of the state Department of Administration, as Acting Director of the state Department of Revenue and as Assistant Director of the Arizona Board of Regents.
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Betsey Bayless ran in 2002 for the Republican nomination for Governor, but came in a distant second to Matt Salmon, who in turn narrowly lost to Janet Napolitano.
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In 2005, Betsey Bayless was hired as the chief executive officer for the Maricopa Integrated Health System, the public hospital and health care system of Maricopa County.
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Betsey Bayless has been credited with restoring the MIHS to financial viability and expansion of hospital facilities.
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Betsey Bayless received an honorary doctorate from the University of Arizona in 2001.
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In 2005, Betsey Bayless received the Valley Leadership Woman of the Year Award.