Mr. Oliver graduated from Harvard College (1964) and Fordham University Law School (LL.B., 1967). He has been an attorney with the law firms of Hawkins, Delafield & Wood and Alexander & Green in New York City, General Counsel for the U.S. Department of Education (1981-1983) and U.S. Department of Agriculture (1983-1986), Executive Editor of National Review, Distinguished Fellow at Citizens for a Sound Economy, Senior Fellow at the Heritage Foundation, Member of the Council of the Administrative Conference of the U.S., and Chairman of the Pacific Research Institute.