Edward F. Cox
Edward Ridley Finch Cox (born October 2, 1946) is an American attorney, politician and the current chairman of the New York Republican State Committee. He is married to Tricia Nixon Cox, daughter of President Nixon and Pat Nixon.
For other people named Edward Cox, see Edward Cox (disambiguation).
Edward F. Cox
Private sector[edit]
Cox started his legal career at Cravath Swaine & Moore, and after serving as a general counsel in the Reagan Administration,[13] was a corporate partner in the Donovan Leisure firm and subsequently a member of the management committee and the chairman of the corporate department[14] at Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP.[4]
His law practice has covered a wide variety of transactions and representations including securities litigations, project financings, M&A, startups, IPOs, municipal financings, securitizations, private placements and bankruptcies.[15]
He is a member of a Bank of America advisory committee.
Cox served as a director for 35 years of Noble Energy[16] which is an upstream independent oil and natural gas company.[17]
To attempt to stay in shape, Cox participates in an Olympic-distance triathlon each year, and he swims, bikes and runs whenever possible in preparation. He ran and finished the New York City Marathon in 2017.[18]
Government service[edit]
From 1981 to 1983 Cox served in the Reagan Administration as the Senior Vice President and General Counsel of a government corporation, The United States Synthetic Fuels Corporation.[19][20]
He has served Presidents Richard Nixon and George H.W. Bush in the international arena.[21] He has visited with numerous officials, including heads of state or government, in more than 30 countries including China, Russia, Israel, Cuba, England, Japan, Korea, Singapore, Taiwan, Italy, Greece, Hungary, Bulgaria, Romania, Turkey, Pakistan, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon and Saudi Arabia.[22][23]
He was commissioner of the Commission on Judicial Nomination (nominating candidates for New York's highest court, 1991 to 2009)[24] and Chairman of the New York Council of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation (1995 to 2008).[25]
He was a Trustee of the State University of New York (SUNY) from 1995 to 2009.[26] From 1999 to 2009 as Co-Chairman and Chairman of SUNY's Charter School Committee, Cox founded SUNY's Charter School Institute and led the authorization of fifty charter schools.[27][28][29][30][31]
In 2006, Cox served as the chairman of newly elected Attorney General Andrew Cuomo's environmental and energy transition team.[32]
Philanthropic involvement[edit]
In K-12 education, Cox has served as a director of Student Sponsor Partnership, which supports and mentors parochial high school students, since its founding in 1985.[33] He is also a director of the New York Institute for Special Education which has been a leading school for the blind since 1831.[34]
Cox has served for more than 15 years as Chairman of the New York League of Conservation Voters Education Fund.[21]
He has led an American delegation to, and presented at, Ditchley conferences, and is a director of Ditchley's American Advisory Board.[35]
Publications[edit]
His work has appeared in The Wall Street Journal,[36][37] The New Republic,[29] the Antitrust Law Journal[38] and the New York Post,[39] and in 1968 and 1969 he researched and co-authored The Nader Report on the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) which spawned "Nader's Raiders" and the rejuvenation of the FTC as a consumer advocate.[40]