Roger C. Cramton

<p>Roger Conant Cramton (May 18, 1929 – February 3, 2017) was appointed by <a href="/facts/Richard_Nixon/HS8uXAoC">President Richard M. Nixon</a> to be chairman of the <a href="/facts/Administrative_Conference_of_the_United_States/4p2kUVa7">Administrative Conference of the United States</a> in 1970, and in 1972 became the <a href="/facts/United_States_Assistant_Attorney_General/gscgN5bc">assistant attorney general</a> in charge of the <a href="/facts/Office_of_Legal_Counsel/VeHfvPhC">Office of Legal Counsel</a> in the <a href="/facts/United_States_Department_of_Justice/2SuTuevo">Department of Justice</a>. He was known for voicing opposition to Nixon during the <a href="/facts/Watergate_scandal/7fEhrNXM">Watergate scandal</a>. 
</p><p>In 1973, Cramton became the Dean of <a href="/facts/Cornell_Law_School/T4nqfNsg">Cornell Law School</a> in 1973. He was also appointed by <a href="/facts/Gerald_Ford/AdMS7jGW">President Gerald Ford</a> to be the first chairman of the <a href="/facts/Legal_Services_Corporation/wul4t5Rr">Legal Services Corporation</a>, a post that <a href="/facts/Hillary_Clinton/dPzm9ru4">Hillary Clinton</a> filled immediately after Cramton's tenure there.
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Roger C. Cramton