Slater, Rodney Earl, 1955-
Rodney Earl Slater (born February 23, 1955) is an American lawyer and politician. He notably served as the United States Secretary of Transportation under President Bill Clinton from 1997 to 2001. Prior to being appointed to the Clinton Cabinet, Slater served as the administrator of the Federal Highway Administration from 1993 to 1997.
Born in Tallahatchie County, Mississippi, he moved to Marianna, Arkansas as a small child. Slater attended segregated schools in Marianna until the eleventh grade, when he attended the newly integrated Lee High School, where he was a class officer. Following high school graduation, Slater earned a B.A. degree from Eastern Michigan University and a J.D. degree from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville Law School. Admitted to the Arkansas bar in 1980, he served as an assistant attorney general in the litigation division under Attorney General Steve Clark from 1980 to 1982. Slater left that office to join Clinton’s staff, also serving as his deputy campaign manager in 1984 and 1986. Clinton appointed Slater special assistant to the governor for community and minority affairs, followed by the position of executive assistant to the governor for economic and community programs. In 1987, Clinton named him to the Arkansas Highway Commission, where he was the youngest commissioner and the first African American to serve on that state board. Slater was elected chairman in December 1992. From 1987 to 1992, Slater was also director of governmental relations for Arkansas State University.
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