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• THE EARLY YEARS
• MOVING UP THROUGH THE RANKS OF AT&T AND LUCENT
• A CAREER SHIFT
• A QUICK RETURN
• WEATHERING THE STORM
• SOURCES FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

Chairwoman, president, and chief executive officer, Lucent Technologies

Nationality: American.

Born: 1953, in Trenton, New Jersey.

Education: Georgetown University, BS; Harvard Business School, Advanced Management Program, 1989.

Family: Daughter of a physician and homemaker; married; stepchildren: two.

Career: IBM Corporation, 1973–1981, sales and marketing management; AT&T, 1981–1992, management and executive positions in strategic planning, marketing, human resources, and operations;...