Christopher Clay DeMuth was raised in Kenilworth, Illinois, and
attended the Lawrenceville School (1964), Harvard College
(A.B. 1968), and the University of Chicago Law School (J.D. 1973).
Mr. DeMuth served as staff assistant to
President Richard M. Nixon in 1969-1970, working for Daniel P. Moynihan (then
assistant to the president for urban affairs) on urban policy matters in 1969
and as chairman of the White House Task Force on Environmental Policy in 1970.
From 1973-1976, Mr. DeMuth practiced regulatory,
antitrust, and general corporate law with Sidley & Austin in Chicago. In 1976 and 1977,
he was associate general counsel of the Consolidated Rail Corporation (Conrail)
in Philadelphia,
with responsibility for Interstate Commerce Commission and related regulatory
matters.
From 1977-1981, Mr. DeMuth was lecturer in
public policy at the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University,
where he taught graduate courses in economics, law, and regulatory policy. He
was also director of the Harvard Faculty Project on Regulation, which conducted
research on issues of health, environmental, and economic regulation.
From 1981-1984, Mr. DeMuth served as
administrator for information and regulatory affairs in the U.S. Office of
Management and Budget and as executive director of the Presidential Task Force
on Regulatory Relief. From 1984-1986, Mr. DeMuth was managing director of
Lexecon Inc., a consulting firm in economics and law. In 1986 he was also
publisher and editor-in-chief of Regulation
magazine. In December 1986, he was elected president of the American Enterprise
Institute.
Mr. DeMuth is a director of the State Farm
Mutual Automobile Company, Bloomington, Illinois; chairman of two family
businesses, Clean Burn, Inc. and Millcreek Manufacturing Company, both of
Leola, Pennsylvania; a grant advisor of the Searle Freedom Trust and the Smith
Richardson Foundation; and director of the Donors Capital Fund. He has been a
member of various government and university advisory committees and has
published articles on government policy and politics in professional journals
and in national magazines and newspapers.
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