Andy Strenio | |
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Commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission | |
In office March 17, 1986 – July 15, 1991 | |
President | Ronald Reagan George H. W. Bush |
Preceded by | George W. Douglas |
Succeeded by | Dennis Yao |
Personal details | |
Born | Andrew John Strenio, Jr. April 3, 1952 Erie, Pennsylvania |
Political party | Democratic |
Education | Princeton University (B.A.) Harvard Law School (J.D.) |
Andrew John Strenio, Jr. (born April 3, 1952), known as Andy Strenio,[1] is a retired American attorney and author who served as a member of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) from 1986 to 1991. A Democrat, he previously served as a member of the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC), a now-defunct independent federal agency.[2]
As an author, Strenio notably wrote the book The Testing Trap (1981), in which he criticized the role of standardized testing in the American education system.[3] Following his retirement from law in 2020, Strenio announced his intention to return to writing books.[4]