Breger, Marshall: Files, 1984-1985

Office of Public Liaison (Jewish Affairs)

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SCOPE NOTE

The Marshall J. Breger collection, particularly the subject files, appear limited in comparison to his two year association with the Office of Public Liaison. For more information on Jewish outreach at the Reagan White House, see Breger's direct predecessor's collection, Michael Gale and particularly the Breger-Green Subject Files (SERIES III) in the Max Green collection.

The Marshall J. Breger collection consists of three series: SERIES I: Subject File; SERIES II: Events; and SERIES III: Telephone Logs.

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SERIES I: SUBJECT FILE

SERIES II: EVENT FILE

SERIES III: TELEPHONE LOGS

Biography

Biography

Marshall J. Breger is a professor of law at the Columbus School of Law, The Catholic University of America.

Marshall Jordan Breger was born on August 14, 1946 in New York City.

Professor Breger holds a B.A. and M.A., 1967, from the University of Pennsylvania; a B. Phil., 1970, from Oriel College, Oxford University; and a J.D., magna cum laude, 1973, from the University of Pennsylvania Law School, where he was an editor of the law review and a member of the Order of the Coif.

Prior to his 1983 appointment in the Reagan Administration, Breger taught law at the State University of New York at Buffalo Law School and the University of Texas Law School. From 1975-1978 he served as a member of the Board of Directors of the Legal Services Corporation.

In 1980, Breger began his first association with Reagan, working in the 1979-1980 Office of President-Elect transition team. In the early 1980s Breger returned to teaching law as a visiting professor of law at the Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel and as an association professor of law at New York Law School. In 1982-1983 he was a visiting and then a senior fellow in legal policy at the Heritage Foundation, Washington, DC.

In late 1983, Breger joined the Reagan Administration as Special Assistant to the President for Public Liaison with specific responsibility fro liaison with the academic and Jewish communities.

On September 5, 1985, President Reagan nominated Breger to the Administrative Conference of the United States where he served from 1985-1991 as chairman of this independent federal agency. During 1987-1989, he also served as alternate delegate of the U.S. to the U.N. Human Rights Commission in Geneva.

During the George H.W. Bush Administration he served as Solicitor of Labor, the chief lawyer of the Labor Department with a staff of over 800. During 1992, by presidential designation, he served concurrently as Acting Assistant Secretary for Labor Management Standards.

In Fall 2002, Breger was Lady Davis Visiting Professor of Law at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. In Fall 2003, he was Distinguished Sy-Cip Fullbright Lecturer in the Philippines.

Breger is a contributing columnist to Moment magazine. He writes and speaks regularly on legal issues and has published over 25 law review articles in publications including the Stanford Law Review, Boston University Law Review, Duke Law Journal, and North Carolina Law Review. He has published as well in periodicals such as the Middle East Quarterly, the National Interest, the Los Angeles Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, and the New York Times. He has testified more than 30 times before the United States Congress.

Breger is the author (with Tom Idinopolis) of Jerusalem's Holy Places and the Peace Process, (Washington Institute of Near East Policy, 1998). He is the editor (With Ora Ahimeir) of Jerusalem: A City and Its Future (Syracuse University Press, 2002) as well as editor of Public Policy and Social Issues: Jewish Sources and Perspectives (Praeger 2003) and The Vatican-Israel Accord: Legal, Pontifical, and Theological Issues (Notre Dame University Press, 2004). Together with David M. Gordis, he co-edited Vouchers for School Choice: Challenge or Opportunity? An American Jewish Reappraisal, (Wilstein Institute of Jewish Policy Studies, 1998).

Breger is the Vice-President of the Jewish Policy Center, a Jewish conservative think-tank.

Together with his wife Jennifer, Professor Breger has two daughters, Sarah Gabriela, managing editor of Moment Magazine, and Esther, who was an assistant editor with the The New Republic and is currently a freelance writer. Breger lives in Silver Springs, Maryland.

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