Ken Starr

Ken Starr
Ken Starr
	Starr in 2021
Independent Counsel for the Whitewater Controversy
	In office; August 5, 1994 – September 11, 1998
Preceded by	Robert B. Fiske (Special Counsel)
Succeeded by	Robert Ray
39th Solicitor General of the United States
	In office; May 26, 1989 – January 20, 1993
President	George H. W. Bush
Deputy	John Roberts
Preceded by	Charles Fried
Succeeded by	Drew S. Days III
Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
	In office; September 20, 1983 – May 26, 1989
Appointed by	Ronald Reagan
Preceded by	George MacKinnon
Succeeded by	Karen L. Henderson
Preceded by
Academic posts 2004–⁠2016
Chancellor of Baylor University
	In office; November 11, 2013 – June 1, 2016
Preceded by	Robert B. Sloan (2006)
Succeeded by	Position abolished
President of Baylor University
	In office; June 1, 2010 – May 31, 2016
Preceded by	John M. Lilley
Succeeded by	Linda Livingstone
Dean of the Pepperdine University School of Law
	In office; August 1, 2004 – June 1, 2010
Preceded by	Charles Nelson
Succeeded by	Tom Bost
Personal details
Born	Kenneth Winston Starr; July 21, 1946; Vernon, Texas, U.S.
Died	September 13, 2022 (aged 76); Houston, Texas, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Other political; affiliations	Democratic (before 1975)
Spouse(s)	Alice Mendell (m. 1970)
Children	3
Education	George Washington University (BA); Brown University (MA); Duke University (JD)

Kenneth Winston "Ken" Starr (July 21, 1946 – September 13, 2022) was an American lawyer and politician. He was a federal U.S. Court of Appeals Judge and a Solicitor General. He was Independent Counsel (which was a special office that investigated government officials) while Bill Clinton was the President of the United States for the Whitewater controversy. He was the United States Solicitor General during the George H. W. Bush administration from 1989 to 1993.