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 NEWS  Federal  Communications  Commission  445  12  th  Street,  S.  W.  Washington,  D.  C.  20554  This  is  an  unofficial  announcement  of  Commission  action.  Release  of  the  full  text  of  a  Commission  order  constitutes  official  action.  See  MCI  v.  FCC.  515  F  2d  385  (D.  C.  Circ  1974).  News  Media  Information  202  /  418-  0500  Internet:  http://  www.  fcc.  gov  TTY:  1-  888-  835-  5322 
 FOR  IMMEDIATE  RELEASE  NEWS  MEDIA  CONTACT:  December  3,  2002  David  Fiske  at  202-  418-  0513 
 JONATHAN  S.  ADELSTEIN  SWORN  IN  AS  FCC  COMMISSIONER 
 Washington  –  Jonathan  S.  Adelstein  was  sworn  in  today  as  a  member  of  the  Federal  Communications  Commission. 


 Before  joining  the  FCC,  Adelstein  served  for  fifteen  years  as  a  staff  member  in  the  United  States  Senate.  For  the  past  seven  years,  he  has  been  a  senior  legislative  aide  to  United 
 States  Senate  Majority  Leader  Tom  Daschle  (D-  SD),  where  he  advised  Senator  Daschle  on  telecommunications,  financial  services,  transportation  and  other  key  issues.  Previously,  he 
 served  as  Professional  Staff  Member  to  Senate  Special  Committee  on  Aging  Chairman  David  Pryor  (D-  AR),  including  an  assignment  as  a  special  liaison  to  Senator  Harry  Reid  (D-  NV),  and 
 as  a  Legislative  Assistant  to  Senator  Donald  W.  Riegle,  Jr.  (D-  MI). 
 Prior  to  his  service  in  the  Senate,  Adelstein  held  a  number  of  academic  positions,  including:  Teaching  Fellow  in  the  Department  of  History,  Harvard  University;  Teaching 
 Assistant  in  the  Department  of  History,  Stanford  University;  and  Communications  Consultant  to  the  Stanford  University  Graduate  School  of  Business. 


 Adelstein  received  a  B.  A.  with  Distinction  in  Political  Science  from  Stanford  University,  an  M.  A.  in  History  from  Stanford  University,  studied  at  the  Kennedy  School  of  Government  at 
 Harvard  University  and  is  a  graduate  of  Phillips  Academy  in  Andover,  Massachusetts.  He  is  a  member  of  the  National  Academy  of  Social  Insurance,  the  Phi  Kappa  Phi  National  Honor 
 Society  and  the  Pi  Sigma  Alpha  Political  Science  Honor  Society. 
 Adelstein,  40,  was  born  and  raised  in  Rapid  City,  South  Dakota.  He  now  lives  in  the  Washington,  D.  C.  area  with  his  wife  Karen  and  one  and  a  half  year-  old  son  Adam. 


 Adelstein  was  sworn  in  for  a  term  that  expires  June  30,  2003. 
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