Please answer the following question: Facts: - president: george h.w. bush ronald reagan george h.w. bush - birth name: george j. terwilliger iii - successor: philip b. heymann - party: republican - spouse: carol h. terwilliger - predecessor: william p. barr - office: united the district of vermont states deputy attorney general united states attorney for - term end: january 20 , 1993 1990 - term start: november 26 , 1991 1986 - birth date: 05 june 1950 - name: george j. terwilliger iii - birth place: new brunswick , new jersey - alma mater: seton law -lrb- j.d. -rrb- hall university -lrb- b.a -rrb- antioch school of Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of george j. terwilliger iii .
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george j. terwilliger iii -lrb- born june 5 , 1950 -rrb- is an american lawyer and politician .he is a partner in the washington , d.c. office of mcguirewoods llp and is a former united states deputy attorney general and acting united states attorney general .terwilliger , of vermont , was nominated on february 14 , 1992 , by president george h.w. bush to be deputy attorney general at the u.s. department of justice .he would succeed william pelham barr .as deputy attorney general , terwilliger became the second-highest-ranking official in the united states department of justice -lrb- doj -rrb- and ran the day-to-day operations of the department , serving in that position from 1991 through 1993 .he was appointed to the position after serving as the united states attorney for the district of vermont .in addition , he currently serves on the advisory board of intellaine , llp , a u.s. defense and risk engineering firm located in arlington , virginia .