A r c h i v e d  I n f o r m a t i o n

FOR RELEASE
December 28, 1999

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Erica Lepping
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HOLLEMAN NAMED DEPUTY SECRETARY OF EDUCATION

President Clinton has appointed Frank S. Holleman III to serve as deputy secretary of the Education department. The president sent the nomination to the Senate on November 10, 1999. Holleman will serve as a recess appointee.

"I have known and highly respected Frank for many years," said U.S. Secretary of Education Richard W. Riley. "He served the Department with great distinction as Chief of Staff. He knows the Department well and is highly respected here. He is making a personal sacrifice to return for one year because he believes in the importance of education. His service will be very valuable to our nation."

As deputy secretary, Holleman will serve as the chief operating officer for the department and the principal advisor to the Secretary on federal education policy and budget issues.

Holleman most recently was a member of the Greenville, SC law firm of Wyche, Burgess, Freeman & Parham, P.A. From 1994 to 1997, he was Chief of Staff at the U.S. Department of Education. Before originally joining Secretary Riley, Holleman served from 1993-1994 as Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the Civil Division of the U.S. Department of Justice.

While in South Carolina, Holleman served as Vice Chair of the Board of Trustees of First Steps to School Readiness, a statewide early childhood initiative and as the Chair of the Education Subcommittee of the Governor's Transition Team. In 1997, Secretary Riley appointed Holleman to be one of 11 members of the Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance, advising the Congress and the U.S. Department of Education on policy issues concerning aid to students attending college. He holds numerous positions on education committees and organizations in South Carolina in the areas of early childhood, elementary and higher education.

Holleman was a law clerk for Judge Harrison Winter of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit in Baltimore, and for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Harry Blackmun. From 1982 to 1993 he practiced law with the Wyche Law Firm.

A native of Seneca, S.C., Holleman has a Masters of Science from the London School of Economics and Political Science, a J.D. from Harvard Law School and a B.A. from Furman University. He and his wife Anne have three children.

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