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Appointment of Patrick E. O'Donnell as a Member of the Presidential Commission on Broadcasting to Cuba

August 06, 1982

The President today announced his intention to appoint Patrick E. O'Donnell to be a member of the Presidential Commission on Broadcasting to Cuba. This is a new position.

Mr. O'Donnell is a partner in the law firm of O'Connor & Hannan in Washington, D.C. He served as a member of the Republican National Committee Advisory Council on Economic Affairs in 1976-1980. He was Washington representative and counsel for the J. C. Penney Co., Inc. He was Washington counsel for the General Electric Co., Inc., in 1976-1978. He was Special Assistant to Presidents Nixon and Ford for Legislative Affairs in 1970-1976. He was Legal Counsel to Federal Communications Commission Chairman Dean Burch in 1969-1970 and served as assistant corporation counsel for the District of Columbia in 1963-1969.

He graduated from Georgetown University (B.A.) and the Washington College of Law (LL.B., 1962). He is married, has three children, and resides in Chevy Chase, Md. He was born March 17, 1937.

Ronald Reagan, Appointment of Patrick E. O'Donnell as a Member of the Presidential Commission on Broadcasting to Cuba Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/246367

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