Enum Extensions GetDescription

using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Reflection;

public static class EnumExtensions
    {
        public static string GetDescription(this Enum enumeration)
        {
            Type  enumType = enumeration.GetType();
            object value = (object)enumeration;
            System.Reflection.MemberInfo[] memberInfo = enumType.GetMember(Enum.GetName(enumType, value));
            System.ComponentModel.DescriptionAttribute attribute = (System.ComponentModel.DescriptionAttribute)memberInfo[0].GetCustomAttributes(typeof(System.ComponentModel.DescriptionAttribute), false).First();

            string description = attribute.Description;

            return description;
        }
    }