Kenneth Marc Duberstein was an American lobbyist who served as US President Ronald Reagan's White House Chief of Staff from 1988 to 1989.
29 Facts About Kenneth Duberstein
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Kenneth Duberstein received an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from Franklin and Marshall in 1989.
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Kenneth Duberstein began his public service on Capitol Hill as an intern for Sen.
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Kenneth Duberstein's first was as Deputy Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs.
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Kenneth Duberstein was at the center of the Administrations push for the bill, working on both sides of the political divide.
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Eight days after Reagan was on TV and acknowledged the Iran-Contra affair, Kenneth Duberstein took over as chief of staff.
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Kenneth Duberstein had Reagan give a mea culpa address to the nation; poll numbers went right up and the presidency had been turned around.
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Kenneth Duberstein is said to have been the first Jewish person to be White House Chief of Staff.
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In January 1989, Kenneth Duberstein was awarded the President's Citizens Medal by President Reagan.
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Kenneth Duberstein was the chairman of the Ethics Committee for the US Olympic Committee and served as vice chairman of the independent Special Bid Oversight Reform Commission for the US Olympics Committee.
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Kenneth Duberstein appeared on Bloomberg alongside John Podesta, and had 23 appearances on C-SPAN.
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In 2013, Duberstein was a signatory to an amicus curiae brief submitted to the United States Supreme Court in support of same-sex marriage in the Hollingsworth v Perry case.
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Kenneth Duberstein's position succeeded, as the court would go on to effectively legalize same-sex marriage in California.
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Kenneth Duberstein transitioned from the White House to lobbyist; he was successful, and his insight and advice was sought by leaders of both parties.
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Kenneth Duberstein was hired by Russian authorities, via Goldman Sachs, to lobby against the Magnitsky Bill, a bill in the US Congress "to impose sanctions on persons responsible for the detention, abuse, or death of Sergei Magnitsky, and for other gross violations of human rights in the Russian Federation".
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Kenneth Duberstein showed discretion and did not discuss his work, leading to an "air of mystery" about him and what he did for his clients.
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Kenneth Duberstein spoke at the dedication of the center and led fund raising for the building's renovations.
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Kenneth Duberstein was an adviser to former Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage, according to syndicated columnist Robert Novak, who said that Duberstein was a source for David Corn's and Michael Isikoff's book about the Valerie Plame affair in which Armitage was found to be the one who leaked Plame's CIA status to Novak.
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Kenneth Duberstein guided him to "play the press" and win over Republican leaders.
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When Powell's reputation was damaged by his role in the 2003 Iraq War, he used Kenneth Duberstein to act as a consigliere to repair his name.
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Kenneth Duberstein guided Supreme Court Justices David Souter and Clarence Thomas through their ritualistic confirmation proceedings.
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Kenneth Duberstein enjoyed lucrative posts on countless boards of directors, including The Boeing Company, ConocoPhillips, the Fleming Companies, Inc.
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Kenneth Duberstein served on the advisory board for Washington, DC-based non-profit America Abroad Media.
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Kenneth Duberstein, a "back-slapping Brooklyn native," was one of the most connected Washington people.
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Kenneth Duberstein noted that as a Brooklynite he always enjoyed working with people.
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Kenneth Duberstein was a political moderate Rockefeller Republican, fiscally conservative and socially moderate.
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Kenneth Duberstein had a daughter from the first marriage and three children from the second.
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Kenneth Duberstein was then married to Jacqueline Fain, a former TV producer, for 18 years until his death.
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Kenneth Duberstein had a history of kidney disease, and in 2014, received a kidney transplant; his son was the donor.