2004 News Releases

For immediate release:
April 7, 2004

Media contact:
James Hoard
Phone: (214) 922-5307
e-mail: james.hoard@dal.frb.org

Anthony Chase Appointed to Dallas Fed Board

DALLAS—The Federal Reserve Board of Governors has appointed Anthony R. Chase to the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas board of directors. His three-year term will end Dec. 31, 2006.

He previously served on the board of the Dallas Fed’s Houston Branch.

Chase is chairman and chief executive officer of Houston’s ChaseCom L.P. and Chase Radio Partners L.L.C., and chairman and co-founder of the Telecom Opportunity Institute. He also is a tenured associate professor of law at the University of Houston Law Center.

He has received the University of Houston's Edith Baker Faculty Award; Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award; Businessman of the Year 2000 Award conferred by the Business and Professional Men's Club; Lamont Godwin National Achievement Award from the Rainbow Push Coalition; Outstanding Young Businessman Award from Texas Business; Williston Prize in Contract Law from Harvard Law School; and Endicott Saltonstall Award from Harvard University.

Chase earned his bachelor’s degree from Harvard University, M.B.A. from Harvard Business School and J.D. from Harvard Law School.

Each Federal Reserve Bank has a nine-member board of directors. Three members represent commercial banks, three represent the public and three are appointed by the Board of Governors in Washington, D.C.

For more information on the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, visit www.dallasfed.org.

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