A. Lee Fritschler is Professor Emeritus in the Schar School of Policy and Government, George Mason University. Professor Fritschler, appointed by President Clinton, was U.S. Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education from 1999-2001. Prior to joining the Department, he was President of Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, from 1987 until his retirement in 1999. He was Vice President for the Center for Public Policy Education at The Brookings Institution from 1981-1987, and served as the Chairman of the U.S. Postal Regulatory Commission, after having been nominated by President Carter, from 1979-1981.He lives in Washington, D.C. and lectures frequently. Currently he is at work with his co-author, Catherine E. Rudder, on the 7th edition of SMOKING AND POLITICS, a book which first appeared in 1969.