Robert Pitofsky | |
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Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission | |
In office April 11, 1995 – May 31, 2001 | |
President | Bill Clinton George W. Bush |
Preceded by | Janet Dempsey Steiger |
Succeeded by | Timothy Muris |
Commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission | |
In office June 29, 1978 – April 30, 1981 | |
President | Jimmy Carter Ronald Reagan |
Preceded by | Calvin J. Collier |
Succeeded by | George W. Douglas |
Personal details | |
Born | Paterson, New Jersey | December 27, 1929
Died | October 6, 2018 Chevy Chase, Maryland | (aged 88)
Political party | Democratic |
Education | New York University Columbia Law School |
Robert Pitofsky (December 27, 1929 – October 6, 2018) was an American lawyer and politician who was the chairman of the Federal Trade Commission of the United States from April 11, 1995, to May 31, 2001.[1] He had previously been Dean of the Georgetown University Law Center from 1983 to 1989, and was Dean Emeritus at the time of his death.[2]