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Michael J. Copps

Michael Joseph Copps is currently one of two Democratic United States FCC commissioners. He strongly opposed media-ownership deregulation.

Prior to joining the government service, Copps was a professor of history at Loyola University. He obtained his B.A. from Wofford College in 1963, where he was elected to Pi Gamma Mu international honor society in the social sciences, and to Phi Beta Kappa. In 1968, he completed his Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He served as chief of staff to Senator Ernest Hollings for almost 12 years before his appointment to the United States Commerce Department as assistant secretary.