Emory Rounds

Emory Arthur Rounds III is an American attorney and government ethics official who is a former director of the United States Office of Government Ethics. He was nominated by President Donald Trump to serve a five-year term.[1][2]

Emory Rounds
Director of the United States Office of Government Ethics
In office
July 13, 2018 – July 3, 2023
PresidentDonald Trump
Joe Biden
Preceded byDavid J. Apol (Acting)
Personal details
Born
Emory Arthur Rounds III
EducationUniversity of Massachusetts, Amherst (BA)
University of Akron (JD)

Career

Rounds served as an ethics attorney at the United States Department of Commerce and in the Judge Advocate General's Office in the U.S. Navy, where he attained the rank of Commander.[3] Rounds served as an ethics counsel for six years in the White House Counsel's Office during the administration of George W. Bush, and subsequently served as an associate counsel at the U.S. Office of Government Ethics.[4]

On February 8, 2018, President Donald Trump announced his intent to nominate Rounds to the office of Director of the Office of Government Ethics for a term of five years.[5]

Personal life

Rounds is a graduate of King Philip Regional High School, in Wrentham, Massachusetts. He earned his BA in English from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and his Juris Doctor from the University of Akron. He is married with five children, and is a resident of southern Maine - a state he always desired to return to following a tour stationed at Brunswick Naval Air Station during the 1980s. Rounds is a great fan of New England sports franchises, especially the New England Patriots and the Boston Red Sox.

References
  1. Business Insider. "Trump stunned ethics experts with his surprising, 'excellent choice' to lead the government office that's been a huge thorn in his side". Retrieved March 9, 2018. {{cite news}}: |author= has generic name (help)
  2. United States Congress. "PN1625 — Emory A. Rounds III — Office of Government Ethics". Retrieved March 9, 2018.
  3. Politico. "Trump picks new federal ethics chief". Retrieved March 9, 2018.
  4. The Hill. "Trump nominates new ethics office director". Retrieved March 9, 2018.
  5. The White House. "President Donald J. Trump Announces Intent to Nominate Personnel to Key Administration Posts". whitehouse.gov. Retrieved March 9, 2018 – via National Archives.
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