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Alan D. Bersin was appointed as California's Secretary of Education on July 1, 2005 by Govenor Arnold Schwarzenegger. [1]

Prior to commencing that position in May 2005, Bersiin was the Superintendent of Public Education of the San Diego Unified School District. He is a member of the Advisory Board of the National Council on Teacher Quality.

Bersin, a classmate both to William Jefferson Clinton and Albert Gore, Jr., graduated from Harvard, class of 1968.

He was U.S. Attorney General Special Representative for Southwest Border Issues between 1995 to 1998. [2]

External links

• LaJolla Country Day School, "Head's Advisory Council", accessed January 2005.
• "Alan D. Bersin Secretary of Education, California ", accessed May 2006.