PUBLIC "-//Washington and Lee University::School of Law::Lewis F. Powell, Jr. Archives//TEXT (US::ViLxW-L vilxwl00007::Robert W. Ray Papers, 1994-2001)//EN" "vilxwl00007" A Guide to the Robert W. Ray Papers, 1994-2001 Ray, Robert W., Papers, 1994-2001 010 John N. Jacob Web version of the finding aid funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Lewis F. Powell, Jr. Archives, Washington and Lee University © 2001 By Washington and Lee University

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Lewis F. Powell, Jr. Archives, Washington and Lee University 2001 Lewis F. Powell, Jr. Archives Staff Web version of the finding aid funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Lewis F. Powell, Jr. Archives, School of Law, Washington and Lee University Descriptive Summary Lewis F. Powell, Jr. Archives, School of Law, Washington and Lee University Robert W. Ray Papers 1994-2001 010 4.5 inches English Administrative Information Access

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Robert W. Ray Papers 1994-2001, MS 010, Lewis F. Powell Jr. Archives, Washington and Lee University School of Law, Lexington, Virginia

 Biographical/Historical Information

Robert William Ray was born on April 4, 1960, in Frankfurt, Germany, the son of a colonel in the U.S. Army. An honors graduate of both Princeton University (1982), and Washington and Lee University School of Law (1985), he served as a law clerk to the late Frank X. Altimari, Second Circuit Judge. He began his career as a federal prosecutor in February, 1989, when he was hired by then-United States Attorney Rudolph W. Giuliani of the Southern District of New York. As an Assistant United States Attorney from the Southern District of New York, Organized and Violent Crime Unit, he was detailed by United States Attorney Mary Jo White to the Office of Independent Counsel in September of 1995. He served successively as Chief Associate Independent Counsel, Counselor to the Independent Counsel, and Deputy Independent Counsel. In October 1999, Ray replaced Kenneth W. Starr as independent counsel in the investigation of President William Jefferson Clinton and Hillary Rodham Clinton.

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Ray presented this small group of papers to his alma mater, Washington and Lee University School of Law, around the time of his speaking engagement there in April 2001. The materials all relate to his work as Deputy Independent Counsel and Independent Counsel investigating President William J. Clinton.

 Contents List Two versions, one bound and the other unbound, of "Report on the Death of Vincent W. Foster, Jr., by the Office of Independent Counsel," (with an appendix to the unbound version) 1994 1 Final Report of Independent Counsel (In re: Madison Guaranty Savings & Loan Association) In re: Anthony Marceca 04/16/2000 1 Final Report of Independent Counsel (In re: Madison Guaranty Savings & Loan Association) In re: Bernard Nussbaum 04/16/2000 1 Final Report of Independent Counsel (In re: Madison Guaranty Savings & Loan Association), In re: William David Watkins and In re: Hillary Rodham Clinton and addendum 10/18/2000 1 President Clinton's agreement to a suspension for five years from the practice of law in Arkansas, Independent Counsel's statement about this agreement, and related correspondence 01/19/2001 1 Duplicate of the letter to President Clinton's counsel 01/19/2001 1 2 photos from the press conference announcing the settlement with President Clinton 01/19/2001 1