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==Education==
==Education==
McDowell received his BA from Duke University and his JD from the Marshall-Wythe School of Law at the College of William and Mary.
McDowell received his BA from Duke University and his JD from the Marshall-Wythe School of Law at the College of William and Mary.
==Career History==
McDowell started his career as chief legislative assistant of Virginia House of Delegates Robert T. Andrews after graduating college from Duke University. In 1990, he joined the Washington offices of Arter & Hadden, a Cleveland-based law firm after receiving his degree in law. He left the law firm after three and became Senior Vice-president and General Counsel the of America's Carriers Telecommunications Association (ACTA), a communications service trade organization. He served as vice president of Competitive Telecommunications Association (CompTel) when ACTA merged with the company in 1999. As vice president of the company, he strongly advocated and lobbied the different telecommunication issues to the Congress and FCC. In 2006, President Bush appointed him as FCC Commissioner and re-appointed by Pres. Obama in 2009.<ref>[http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/robert-m-mcdowell/gIQAYJiKAP_topic.html Robert M. McDowell
Commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission (since June 2006)]</ref>
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