James T. Lynn

Source: Office of Management and Budget Biographical Sketch

James T. Lynn is Director of the Office of Management and Budget, an Assistant to the President and a member of his Cabinet.

Mr. Lynn came to the Federal government in March 1969 as General Counsel of the Department of Commerce and became Under Secretary of that Department in April 1971. From February 1973 until becoming Director of OMB in February 1975, he served as Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.

Mr. Lynn was born in Cleveland, Ohio, on February 27, 1927. He graduated summa cum laude from Adelbert College of Western Reserve e University in 1948 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics and political science. He received his Bachelor of Laws degree magna cum laude from the Harvard Law School in 1951.

Returning that year to Cleveland, Mr. Lynn started practice with the law firm of Jones, Day, Cockley and Reavis. He became a partner in 1960 and remained with the firm until he entered public service in 1969.

Mr, Lynn is married to the former Joan Miller of Cleveland. They live in Bethesda, Maryland, with their three children, Marjorie, 19 (now in college), Peter, 16, and Sara, almost 14.

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