academic administrator federal official
Bachelor of Science with high honors, Florida State University, 1978. Juris Doctor, Florida State University, 1981.
Legislation director, legal counsel to Senator Mark O. Hatfield United States Senate, Washington. Consultant Federal Welfare Reform Florida State University, to Florida Governor Lawton Chiles and United States Senator Bob Graham, 1995—1996. Secretary Florida Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services, 1993.
Deputy assistant to President The White House, Washington, 2002—2005, assistant to President, 2005—2006, director Office of Faith-Based & Community Initiatives, 2002—2006. President Saint Vincent College, Latrobe, Pennsylvania, since 2006.
Legal consultant Missionaries of Charity, Order of Mother Teresa, 1985—1997, full-time volunteer in home for people with Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, 1990. Founder Aging with Dignity, 1996, president, 1996—2002. Member of Knights of Columbus.
Married Mary G. Towey. Children: James Marion, Joseph Marius, Maximilian Marian, John Mariano, Marie Therese.
