Name John Pottinger | Education Harvard University | |
John Stanley Pottinger (born February 13, 1940) is an American novelist, lawyer, banker, and former politician.
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Education
In 1962, Pottinger graduated from Harvard University. In 1965, Pottinger graduated with a JD from Harvard Law School.
Career
Pottinger held significant roles as a bureaucratic appointee in the Nixon, Ford and Carter Administrations. From 1970 to 1973, he held the position of the Director of the Office of Civil Rights at the Department of Health, Education and Welfare from 1970–73 and from 1973–77 served as Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights in the United States Department of Justice.
Pottinger later engaged in a lucrative practice on Wall Street and wrote a best selling book, The Fourth Procedure, as well as several other novels. He dated Gloria Steinem in New York City.
In 2013, Pottinger was a signatory to an amicus curiae brief submitted to the Supreme Court in support of same-sex marriage during the Hollingsworth v. Perry case.