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'''Robert McDowell''' is a Commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission ([[FCC]]). He started serving the FCC as a Commissioner since 2006 when former President George W. Bush appointed him. He was re-appointed by President Barack Obama and the Senate unanimously confirmed his appointment in 2009. As Commissioner, his priority is ensure competition and innovation within the communications sectors and companies provide more choices and lower prices for consumers.<ref>[http://www.fcc.gov/leadership/robert-mcdowell Biography of Commissioner Robert McDowell]</ref>
'''Robert McDowell''' is a Commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission ([[FCC]]). He started serving the FCC as a Commissioner since 2006 when former President George W. Bush appointed him. He was re-appointed by President Barack Obama and the Senate unanimously confirmed his appointment in 2009. As Commissioner, his priority is ensure competition and innovation within the communications sectors and companies provide more choices and lower prices for consumers.<ref>[http://www.fcc.gov/leadership/robert-mcdowell Biography of Commissioner Robert McDowell]</ref>
==Personal Life==
Commissioner McDowell's parents were the late Hobart McDowell, Jr., an author and senior editor of the National Geographic and late Martha Louise Shea McDowell, a public relations executive of the Washington Post. He lives in the same farm where he grew up in Fairfax County, Virginia with his wife Jennifer and their three children.<ref>[http://www.crunchbase.com/person/robert-mcdowell Robert McDowell Crunchbase Profile]</ref>
==Education==
==Education==
He 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==
==Career History==