Posted on 09/01/2003 10:00:20 PM PDT by JohnHuang2
Edited on 07/12/2004 4:07:25 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
A D.C. labor lawyer has exercised formidable influence in shaping the University of the District of Columbia's leadership, which is the subject of a city ethics probe into favoritism in UDC's high-paying executive hires.
Edmund D. Cooke Jr., a partner in the D.C. law firm of Winston & Strawn, helped his close friend William L. Pollard last year acquire his $200,000-a-year job as president of the District's only public institution of higher learning. Mr. Cooke also helped Ernest Jolly last year secure the school's No. 2 job of executive vice president, which boasts a $131,080 annual salary.
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