Ken Duberstein, R.I.P.

Ken Duberstein, the first Jewish White House chief of staff in history, has died at 77. He served the Reagan administration ably and well, and went on to have a long private-sector career serving as a wise man of Washington.

A Brooklyn native, Duberstein went to Franklin & Marshall College before moving to Washington, D.C., where he interned for New York Republican senator Jacob Javits and earned a Master’s degree from American University. He wrote his thesis on ethnic voting patterns in his native Brooklyn.

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Tevi Troy

Tevi Troy is a senior fellow at the Ronald Reagan Institute and a senior scholar at Yeshiva University’s Straus Center. He is the author of The Power and the Money: The Epic Clashes Between Commanders in Chief and Titans of Industry.

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Ken Duberstein, the first Jewish White House chief of staff in history, has died at 77. He served the Reagan administration ably and well, and went on to have a long private-sector career serving as a wise man of Washington.

A Brooklyn native, Duberstein went to Franklin & Marshall College before moving to Washington, D.C., where he interned for New York Republican senator Jacob Javits and earned a Master’s degree from American University. He wrote his thesis on ethnic voting patterns in his native Brooklyn.

About the Author

Tevi Troy

Tevi Troy is a senior fellow at the Ronald Reagan Institute and a senior scholar at Yeshiva University’s Straus Center. He is the author of The Power and the Money: The Epic Clashes Between Commanders in Chief and Titans of Industry.