[Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George H. W. Bush (1991, Book I)]
[May 21, 1991]
[Page 533]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]



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Special Assignment of Reggie B. Walton to the White House Media Affairs 
Office
May 21, 1991

    The President today announced that Judge Reggie B. Walton will serve 
in the White House Office of Media Affairs on special assignment 
focusing on the President's Comprehensive Violent Crime Control Act of 
1991.
    Prior to this, Judge Walton served as Associate Director of the 
Office of National Drug Control Policy for the Bureau of State and Local 
Affairs in the Executive Office of the President, 1989 to present. In 
addition, he served as deputy presiding judge of the criminal division 
of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, 1986-1989; as an 
associate judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, 1981-
1989; as Executive Assistant U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, 
1980-1981; as Assistant U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, 
chief of the career criminal unit, 1979-1980; and as Assistant U.S. 
Attorney for the District of Columbia, 1976-1980. Judge Walton also 
served as a staff attorney for the Defender Association of Philadelphia.
    Judge Walton graduated from West Virginia State College (B.A., 1971) 
and American University Washington College of Law (J.D., 1974). He was 
born February 8, 1949, in Donora, PA. Judge Walton is married, has one 
child, and resides in Washington, DC.