Mike McCurry (press secretary)
| Mike McCurry | |
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| White House Press Secretary | |
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In office December 22, 1994 – August 4, 1998 |
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| President | Bill Clinton |
| Preceded by | Dee Dee Myers |
| Succeeded by | Joe Lockhart |
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| Born |
Michael Demaree McCurry October 27, 1954 Charleston, South Carolina, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Education |
Princeton University (BA) Georgetown University (MA) Wesley Theological Seminary (MA) |
Michael Demaree "Mike" McCurry (born October 27, 1954) is best known as the former press secretary for Bill Clinton's administration. He is a Washington-based communications consultant and is associated with the firm Public Strategies Washington, Inc. He is also active within the administration of the United Methodist Church, serving as a lay delegate to the Church General Conference and on various denominational boards. He currently co-chairs the Commission on Presidential Debates. Born in Charleston, South Carolina, he was educated at Princeton University and Georgetown University. McCurry is married, with three children, including Marjorie, a student at the University of Michigan, Chris, also at the University of Michigan, and William, a student at Hamilton College, and lives in Kensington, Maryland.
McCurry attended San Carlos High School on the San Francisco Peninsula from 1969 to 1971 and then transferred to the racially diverse Ravenswood High School in East Palo Alto, where he graduated in 1972. During his senior year in high school, McCurry served as Governor of the California Junior State, a student-run mock government that today is better known as the Junior State of America. McCurry received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Princeton University in 1976 and a Master of Arts degree from Georgetown University in 1985. He began his political career as press secretary to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources, as well as press secretary to Senator Harrison A. Williams from 1976 to 1981. Between 1981 and 1983, he served as press secretary to Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan.
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