Dan Crippen
| Dan Crippen | |
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| Director of the Congressional Budget Office | |
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In office February 3, 1999 – January 3, 2003 |
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| Preceded by | James Blum (Acting) |
| Succeeded by | Barry Anderson (Acting) |
| Director of the Domestic Policy Council | |
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In office September 8, 1988 – January 20, 1989 |
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| President | Ronald Reagan |
| Preceded by | David McIntosh |
| Succeeded by | Roger Porter |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
March 18, 1952 Canistota, South Dakota, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Education |
University of South Dakota (BS) Ohio State University (MA, PhD) |
Dan Crippen (born March 18, 1952, in Canistota, South Dakota) is the executive director of the National Governors Association. He is a former Director of the Congressional Budget Office and Assistant to the President for Ronald Reagan. Crippen most recently served on NASA's Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel. He graduated from the University of South Dakota (B.S. 1974) and Ohio State University (M.A. 1976; Ph.D. 1981).
From 1981-1985 Crippen served as chief counsel and economic policy advisor for Senate Minority Leader Howard Baker. When Baker became President Reagan's Chief of Staff in 1987, Crippen followed Baker to the White House as Deputy Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy from 1987-1988 and Domestic Policy Advisor and Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy from 1988-1989. Republicans hoped that Crippen would be a strong proponent of Reagan's appropriations bills and that he could mend relations with Congress. After Reagan left office in 1989, Crippen turned to the private sector, as a principal of Washington Counsel (1996-1999), a law and lobbying firm; Merrill Lynch as an executive director; and the Duberstein Group, a public relations consulting firm, as founder and vice president.
He was Director of the Congressional Budget Office from 1999-02-01 to 2003. Republican leaders selected Crippen as a somewhat moderate candidate, drawing the ire of members of both parties, who sought a more ideological director. A 2003 Wall Street Journal article suggested that he may have lost his chance at reappointment for failing to support dynamic scoring, a practice inspired by supply-side economics.
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