Continuation of Charles E.M. Kolb as a Deputy Under Secretary of Education

The President today announced that Charles E.M. Kolb will continue to serve as Deputy Under Secretary of Education for Planning, Budget, and Evaluation.

Since September 1988, Mr. Kolb has served as Acting Deputy Under Secretary in the Office of Planning, Budget, and Evaluation at the Department of Education in Washington, DC. Prior to this, he served as the Deputy General Counsel for Regulations and Legislation at the Department of Education, 1986 - 1988, and Assistant General Counsel for the Office of Management and Budget, 1983 - 1986. He was an associate with Foreman and Dyess in Washington, DC, 1982 - 1983, and an associate with Covington and Burling in Washington, DC, 1979 - 1982. He also served as a law clerk to the Honorable Joseph H. Young, United States District Judge in the U.S. Court House in Baltimore, MD, and as an associate with Cahill, Gordon, and Reindel in New York, NY.

Mr. Kolb graduated from Princeton University (A.B., 1973); Balliol College, Oxford University (B.A., 1975; M.A., 1980); and the University of Virginia (J.D., 1978). He was born in Salisbury, MD, on November 6, 1950. He resides in Alexandria, VA.