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Bob Edgar

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Title & Affiliation
President CEO, Common Cause
Bio

In May 2007, Bob Edgar was named president and CEO of Common Cause, a national nonpartisan, non-profit "citizens" lobby working to make government at all levels more honest, open and accountable, and to connect citizens with their democracy. Mr Edgar is a former member of Congress, having represented the Seventh Congressional District outside Philadelphia, PA for six terms. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Lycoming College, Williamsport, Pa., and a master of divinity degree from the Theological School of Drew University, Madison, N.J. He has also been president of the Claremont School of Theology and general secretary of the National Council of Churches of Christ. He holds five honorary doctoral degrees.

During six terms in the US House, Edgar led efforts to improve public transportation, fought wasteful water projects and authored the community Right to Know provision of Super Fund legislation. He also served on the House Select Committee on Assassinations that investigated the deaths of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and President John F. Kennedy. Edgar also served on the Veterans Affairs Committee, working on issues around Agent Orange and readjustment counseling center to treat post traumatic stress disorder.