John J. Easton Jr. (born June 16, 1943) is an American attorney who served as

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and in several senior positions with the

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John Jay Easton Jr. was born in

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, California on June 16, 1943. His father,

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John Jay Easton Sr. (August 26, 1919 – August 20, 1985) was a member of the

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class of 1941 who was a career

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officer. The younger Easton was raised in

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, and

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. He graduated from the

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in 1964, and then served in the

from 1964 to 1968. Easton graduated from the

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in 1970 and became an attorney in

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. Easton practiced from 1970 to 1975. From 1975 to 1978 he was an assistant state attorney general and chief of the attorney general's consumer protection division. From 1978 to 1980 he was director of the division of rate setting for the

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. In 1980 Easton ran successfully for Attorney General, and he served two terms, 1981 to 1985. In 1984 he was the Republican nominee for

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, and lost the general election to Madeleine M. Kunin. After losing the election for Governor Easton continued to practice law in Vermont, and was a vice president of the consulting company Syn-Cronamics, Inc. From 1989 to 1993 Easton held appointed positions at the United States Department of Energy, serving successively as Assistant Secretary for International Affairs and Energy Emergencies, General Counsel, and Assistant Secretary for Domestic and International Energy Policy. Easton remained in the

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area after leaving the Energy department, and became Vice President for International Programs at the

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(EEI).

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