Continuation of Edward S.G. Dennis, Jr., as an Assistant Attorney General

The President today announced that Edward S.G. Dennis, Jr., will continue to serve as an Assistant Attorney General (Criminal Division).

Since 1983 Mr. Dennis was a U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. Prior to this, he served as chief of the narcotic and dangerous drug section in the Criminal Division of the U.S. Department of Justice, 1980 - 1983; Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Honorable Peter F. Vaira, 1975 - 1980; and as law clerk in the U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1973 - 1975.

Mr. Dennis graduated from the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy (B.S., 1967) and the University of Pennsylvania Law School (J.D., 1973). He was born January 24, 1945, in Salisbury, MD. He is married and resides in Media, PA.