UM Alumnus Named to White House Post

迈大校友任职白宫高官

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By UM News

11-14-2016

美国新任总统特朗普日前宣布，任命共和党全国委员会主席雷恩斯•普利巴斯为新任白宫幕僚长。

雷恩斯•普利巴斯，迈阿密大学法学博士，现任美国共和党全国委员会主席。普利巴斯出生于美国威斯康星州，1998年获得迈阿密大学法律博士学位。2011年，他当选为美国共和党全国委员会主席，在他的带领下，共和党成功重组，并在金融危机后重获新生。

在迈大学习期间，普利巴斯连续两年担任迈大法学院学生会主席，他时常在法学院学生报刊上发表专栏作品，还担任该报文字编辑。他性格积极乐观，鼓舞和影响了身边的同学朋友，帮助他们更好地实现自身的价值。

A graduate of Miami Law, Reince Priebus was named chief of staff for President-elect Donald J. Trump.

Reince Priebus, a Miami Law alumnus and chairman of the Republican National Committee, has been tapped to be White House chief of staff for President-elect Donald J. Trump.

A Wisconsin native, Priebus graduated from the University of Miami School of Law cum laude with a J.D. degree in 1998. First elected chairman of the RNC in 2011, he is credited with deftly reorganizing the RNC and digging it out of financial turmoil.

As chief of staff, Priebus is being looked upon as a positive connector between the Republican establishment and the Trump White House.

William P. VanderWyden, assistant dean for professional development at Miami Law, worked closely with Priebus during his three years at the law school.

“Always a positive personality in the law school community, he was an encouraging and influential force among his peers,” said VanderWyden, who was associate dean of students when Priebus was at Miami Law.

While on campus, Priebus served as president of the Student Bar Association from 1997-98. He regularly wrote columns for the law student newspaper, Res Ipsa Loquitur, where he was also a copy editor.

Law Professor David Abraham taught Priebus Immigration and Citizenship Law.

“Reince was a very engaged campus politician,” Abraham said. “I believe that having seen the complexity around the social, economic, and human aspects of immigration, Reince should be able to provide a nuanced understanding of what’s good for America and its people. Let’s hope he does.”

While at the law school, Priebus clerked for the Supreme Court of Wisconsin, the United States District Court, Southern District of Florida, and the NAACP Legal Defense Fund in Los Angeles.