    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George H. W. Bush (1991, Book I)]
    [April 17, 1991]
    [Page 388]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Appointment of Gene C. Schaerr as Associate Counsel to the President
    April 17, 1991

        The President today announced the appointment of Gene C. Schaerr, of
    Utah, to be Associate Counsel to the President.
        Since 1987 Mr. Schaerr has been an attorney in private practice with
    the law firm of Sidley & Austin, where he has specialized in appellate
    and regulatory litigation and in antitrust law. Prior to this, he served
    at the Supreme Court of the United States as a law clerk to Chief
    Justice Warren E. Burger, 1986-87, and at the U.S. Court of Appeals for
    the District of Columbia Circuit as a law clerk to Circuit Judge Kenneth
    W. Starr, 1985-86.
        Mr. Schaerr holds a B.A. degree in economics from Brigham Young
    University (highest honors, 1981), master degrees in economics and
    philosophy from Yale University (M.A., 1985; M. Phil., 1986), and a law
    degree from Yale Law School (J.D., 1985). He was born April 15, 1957, in
    Kanab, UT. Mr. Schaerr is married, has five children, and resides in
    Gaithersburg, MD.