of the report to every member of Congress. In 2006, the proposed flag desecration amendment failed by one vote in the Senate. Background Prior to Davis Wright Tremaine, Corn-Revere served as partner at Hogan & Hartson LLP, Chief Counsel to Chairman James H. Quello of the Federal Communications Commission, and as Associate at Hogan & Hartson, Associate at Steptoe & Johnson LLP. From 1987-2001, Corn-Revere was an adjunct professor at the Columbus School of Law, Catholic University of America. Community involvement Corn-Revere is a past President and National Chairman of the First Amendment Lawyers Association, Editorial Advisor, Free Expression in America Series, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., a member of the Media Institute First Amendment Advisory Council since 1997 (Chair, 1997–2003; Board of Trustees, 1997–2003). From 2000 to 2002, Corn-Revere served on the board of the American Library Association Freedom to Read Foundation. In 2022, the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education added Mr. Corn-Revere to its Advisory Council. Corn-Revere received the Kenneth P. McLaughlin Award of Merit in 2014 from the National Press Photographers Association, and the Vickie Award in 2011 from the Victoria Woodhull Sexual Freedom Alliance. He was named a Distinguished Alumnus of Eastern Illinois University in 2009, and in 2012 was commencement speaker at EIU, at which time he was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Laws degree. He received the Davis Wright Tremaine Willard J. Wright Award for community service in 2011. Education Corn-Revere graduated with a Juris Doctor from Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law in 1983. Prior to law school, Corn-Revere obtained an M.A. from the University of Massachusetts Amherst in 1980 and a B.A. from Eastern Illinois University in 1977. References External links 1954 births Living people University of Massachusetts Amherst alumni Eastern Illinois University alumni Columbus School of Law alumni Cato Institute people