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Nomination of John M. Fowler To Be General Counsel of the Department of Transportation

January 24, 1981

The President announced today his intention to nominate John M. Fowler as General Counsel to the Department of Transportation.

Mr. Fowler is a lawyer who since 1979 has been vice president and chief financial officer of the Beading Co. in Philadelphia, Pa. He was responsible for the financial assets and reorganization of the railroad. Earlier he was the associate counsel for the company.

From 1974 to 1979, Mr. Fowler worked as a corporate lawyer for the White and Williams law firm in Philadelphia after graduating from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 1974. He also has an economics degree from Yale University (1971).

Mr. Fowler is married and has one child, and the family resides in Philadelphia, Pa. Mr. Fowler was born on April 12, 1949.

Ronald Reagan, Nomination of John M. Fowler To Be General Counsel of the Department of Transportation Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/247405

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