Admitted
1979, South Carolina; 1981, District of Columbia.
Law School
Harvard University, J.D., magna cum laude, 1979
Law School Graduation Year
1979
College
Furman University, B.A., magna cum laude, 1976; London School of Economics and Political Science, M.
Biographical
Phi Beta Kappa. Pi Gamma Mu. Articles Editor, 1978-1979 and Editor, 1977-1978, Harvard Law Review. Law Clerk to: Hon. Harrison Winter, U. S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit, 1979-1980; Hon. Harry A. Blackmun, Associate Justice, United States Supreme Court, 1981-1982. Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division, U.S. Department of Justice, 1993-1994. Chief of Staff to Secretary of Education Richard W. Riley, U.S. Department of Education, 1994-1997. Deputy Secretary, U.S. Department of Education, 1999-2000.