Harold M. Ickes
| Harold M. Ickes | |
|---|---|
| White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy | |
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In office December 22, 1993 – January 20, 1997 |
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| President | Bill Clinton |
| Preceded by | Mark Gearan |
| Succeeded by | Sylvia Mathews Burwell |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Harold McEwen Ickes September 4, 1939 Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Laura Handman |
| Alma mater |
Stanford University Columbia University |
Harold McEwen Ickes (/ˈɪkiːz/; born September 4, 1939) was White House Deputy Chief of Staff for President Bill Clinton. He is the son of Harold L. Ickes, who was Secretary of the Interior under Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Ickes is a graduate of Stanford University (1964, AB, Economics) and Columbia Law School. Ickes was a student civil rights activist in the 1960s and took part in Freedom Summer. He has practiced labor law for many years in New York City.
He was the model for the Primary Colors character Howard Fergerson.
He has been active in Democratic politics for over forty years, working in the presidential campaigns of Eugene McCarthy, Birch Bayh, Morris Udall, Ted Kennedy and Jesse Jackson. In 1989, he was a senior advisor to David Dinkins' successful campaign for mayor of New York City. Ickes is a registered lobbyist with the Ickes and Enright Group.
Harold M. Ickes, is currently Co-Chair of Meyer, Suozzi, English & Klein, P.C.’s Labor and Government Relations practice groups, also manages the firm’s Washington, D.C. office. Prior to joining President Clinton’s White House as Assistant to the President and Deputy Chief of Staff (1994-1997), Mr. Ickes was a director of Meyer, Suozzi for 14 years. He rejoined the firm in 1998.
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