Porter has also served as a top economic adviser in the White House during the presidencies of Gerald Ford, Reagan and George H.W. Bush.
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Thomas Professor of Government and of Sociology Theda Skocpol, a commentator on American society and government, has served as an informal advisor to President Clinton over the past eight years.
She is also director for the Center for American Political Studies, a post she recently assumed.
"I think I can best contribute to the reform process from my perch at Harvard and through my travels around the country to speak to citizens' groups as well as college-based groups," Skocpol writes in an e-mail.
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