[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.