Dean Burch | |
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| Counselor to the President | |
| In office March 8, 1974 – December 31, 1974 | |
| President | Richard Nixon Gerald Ford |
| Preceded by | Anne Armstrong |
| Succeeded by | Robert T. Hartmann John Marsh |
| Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission | |
| In office October 31, 1969 – March 8, 1974 | |
| President | Richard Nixon |
| Preceded by | Rosel H. Hyde |
| Succeeded by | Richard E. Wiley |
| Chairman of theRepublican National Committee | |
| In office July 16, 1964 – April 1, 1965 | |
| Preceded by | William E. Miller |
| Succeeded by | Ray Bliss |
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| Born | Roy Dean Burch (1927-12-20)December 20, 1927 Enid,Oklahoma, U.S. |
| Died | August 4, 1991(1991-08-04) (aged 63) Potomac,Maryland, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse | Patricia Meeks(1961–1991) |
| Children | 3, includingShelly |
| Education | University of Arizona(LLB) |
Roy Dean Burch (December 20, 1927 – August 4, 1991) was an Americanlawyer andlobbyist. He served as chairman of theFederal Communications Commission (FCC) from October 1969 to March 1974 andCounselor to the President in 1974, during the administrations ofU.S. PresidentRichard Nixon andGerald Ford. From 1964 to 1965, he was the chairman of theRepublican National Committee, during theBarry Goldwater presidential campaign.[1]
Burch was born inEnid,Oklahoma. He earned aBachelor of Laws degree from theUniversity of Arizona inTucson,Arizona, where he began his own law practice. Burch began working in 1955 on Goldwater's staff. He headed the national party whileDenison Kitchel, aPhoenix lawyer, was the national Goldwater campaign chairman. Because of the weak Republican performance in the 1964 elections, Burch was replaced early in 1965 byRay C. Bliss ofOhio.
In 1968, Burch worked in the campaign to return Goldwater to the US Senate for the seat vacated by retiringDemocratCarl Hayden. Because of his presidential nomination, Goldwater gave up his Senate seat but returned to the upper chamber after a four-year absence and served another eighteen years.
As the FCC chairman, Burch advocated for more and better programs for younger audiences. The networks soon revised the Saturday morning schedules. Under Burch, a study was conducted to determine whether one company should be allowed to own a daily newspaper and a television station in the same city. In 1975, shortly after Burch left the commission, the FCC unanimously prohibited the formation of new combinations of newspapers and broadcasting stations but allowed existing ones to continue.
In 1980, Burch was chief of staff on the Republicanvice presidential campaign ofGeorge H. W. Bush, the running mate ofRonald Reagan.
From 1959 to 1963 and again from 1965 to 1969, Burch was a partner in the law firm of Dunseath, Stubbs & Burch in Tucson; from 1975 to 1987, he was affiliated with Pierson, Ball & Dowd inWashington, D.C.
From 1987 until his death frombladder cancer at 63 years old in Potomac Maryland, Burch was director general ofIntelsat, the global satellite consortium. In the preceding decades, he was a telecommunications lawyer andWhite House counselor.[2]
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| Preceded by | Chairman of theRepublican National Committee 1964–1965 | Succeeded by |
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| Preceded by | Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission 1969–1974 | Succeeded by |
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| Preceded by | Counselor to the President 1974 Served alongside:Anne Armstrong,Kenneth Rush | Succeeded by |
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