He is currently serving as a member of the Board of Directors of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation. He served as a member of the board of directors of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and was chairman of its program advisory committee. He graduated from the University of Virginia Law School (LL.B., 1962) and the University of Virginia Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (M.A., 1964). He is married, has two children, and resides in Alexandria, Va. He was born July 22, 1937. He would succeed Annie Laurie Slaughter.