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Line 1: {{Short description\|American attorney and lobbyist}} {{Infobox officeholder \|name = Frank Fahrenkopf \|image=Frank J. Fahrenkopf Jr. speaks at a press conference.jpg ~~[[File:Frank J. Fahrenkopf Jr. speaks at a press conference.jpg\|thumb\|right~~\|caption=Fahrenkopf speaks at a press conference in [[Tallahassee, Florida~~\|Tallahassee]]~~ in 1988]]▼ \|office = Chair of the [[Republican National Committee]] \|alongside = [[Paul Laxalt]] (1983–1987) Line 20 ⟶ 23: ==Early life and education== Fahrenkopf was born in [[Brooklyn, New York]], on August 28, 1939.<ref name="CPI">{{cite web \|url=http://www.buyingofthepresident.org/index.php/archives/reports/605/ \|title=Reports and Other Projects - Private Parties - Republican National Committee Chairmen \|publisher=Center for Public Integrity \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100831070441/http://www.buyingofthepresident.org/index.php/archives/reports/605/ \|archive-date=2010-08-31 }}</ref> He is a 1958 graduate of [[Reno High School]]. In 1962, heFahrenkopf graduated from the [[University of Nevada, Reno]], where he was a member of [[Alpha Tau Omega]] fraternity. In 1965 he graduated from the [[Boalt Hall School of Law]] at the [[University of California, Berkeley]]. ==Career== Line 33 ⟶ 36: ===RNC=== {{~~moresources\|~~BLP sources section\|date=May 2017}} [[File:Reagan Contact Sheet C50558 (cropped3).jpg\|thumb\|right\|Fahrenkopf with [[President of the United States\|President]] [[Ronald Reagan]] in 1988]] ▲[[File:Frank J. Fahrenkopf Jr. speaks at a press conference.jpg\|thumb\|right\|Fahrenkopf speaks at a press conference in [[Tallahassee, Florida\|Tallahassee]] in 1988]] In January 1983, Fahrenkopf was elected chairman of the [[Republican National Committee]]. [[Betty Heitman]] of [[Baton Rouge, Louisiana\|Baton Rouge]], [[Louisiana]], served as his co-chairwoman from 1983 to 1987. In 1983, Fahrenkopf was a founder of the [[National Endowment for Democracy]], where he served as vice chairman and a board member from 1983 to 1993. In 1984, he founded the [[International Republican Institute]], on which he continues to serve as a board member. In 1986 he co-founded the Commission on Presidential Debates with [[Democratic National Committee]] chairman [[Paul G. Kirk]]. Fahrenkopf served for many years as chairman of the Pacific Democrat Union and vice chairman of the [[International Democrat Union]], a worldwide association of conservative political parties from the United States, Great Britain, France, Germany, Canada, Japan, Australia and twenty other nations. In 1985, Fahrenkopf was again hired by the firm [[Hogan & Hartson]], as a "special partner", where he was paid at least $100,000 a year. While RNC head, he also worked for two Nevada law firms, and was a director of First Republic Bank Corporation of California.<ref name="CPI"/> Line 47 ⟶ 50: In 1989, Fahrenkopf became a full partner in the Washington, D.C., office of Hogan & Hartson, where he chaired the International Trade Practice Group. On June 1, 1995, he became the [[American Gaming Association]]'s first chief executive. He is a member of the board of directors of the [[International Republican Institute]].<ref>[http://www.iri.org/learn-more-about-iri/board-directors-and-officers International Republican Institute web site, accessed July 16, 2010.] {{webarchive \|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100428062156/http://www.iri.org/learn-more-about-iri/board-directors-and-officers \|date=April 28, 2010 }}</ref> Fahrenkopf serves as the co-chair of the [[Commission on Presidential Debates]] .<ref>[https://www.debates.org/about-cpd/commission-leadership/ Commission on Presidential Debates]</ref> Fahrenkopf also sits on the board of directors of six New York Stock Exchange public companies: First Republic Bank, Gabelli Equity Trust, Inc., Gabelli Utility Trust, Gabelli Global Multimedia Trust, Gabelli Dividend and Income Trust, and Gabelli Gold and Natural Resources. Line 58 ⟶ 63: ==Personal life== Fahrenkopf and his wife, the former Mary Bandoni, have three daughters: Allison, ~~the~~Vice ~~Deputy~~President ~~Administrator~~and ~~of the [[U.S.~~Associate General ~~Services~~Counsel, ~~Administration]]~~PMI ~~and former Washington, D.C.,~~North ~~attorney~~America; Leslie, former associate White House Counsel to President George W. Bush; and Amy, a physician and President of HSS Health at Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City. He is an avid golfer, tennis player and sports enthusiast.<ref name="IOP"/> ==References== Line 66 ⟶ 71: [https://web.archive.org/web/20080509185623/http://www.americangaming.org/About/bios/bio_fahrenkopf.cfm Staff Bio] at American Gaming Association website [https://web.archive.org/web/20111220111743/http://www.gspm.gwu.edu/councilamericanpolitics The Council on American Politics at GW's Graduate School of Political Management] *{{C-SPAN\|~~Frank Fahrenkopf~~2101}} {{s-start}}