Appointment of Charles J. Cooper as a Member of the National Commission on Responsibilities for Financing Postsecondary Education

The President today appointed Charles J. Cooper to be a member of the National Commission on Responsibilities for Financing Postsecondary Education. This is a new position.

Since 1988 Mr. Cooper has been a partner with McGuire, Woods, Battle and Booth in Washington, DC. Prior to this he was Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the Civil Rights Division at the Department of Justice, 1982-1988.

Mr. Cooper graduated from the University of Alabama (B.S., 1974; J.D., 1977). He was born on March 8, 1952 in Dayton, OH. He is married, has two children, and resides in McLean, VA.