For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
November 9, 2001
Nominations
President Bush Announces Three Individuals to Serve in His Administration
President George W. Bush today announced his intention to nominate two
individuals and his intention to designate one individual to serve in
his administration.
The President intends to nominate Edward J. Fitzmaurice to be a
Member of the National Mediation Board for a term expiring July 1,
2004. Fitzmaurice presently has a private law practice in
Dallas, Texas, and from 1984 to 1996, he was Of Counsel to Hicks and
Associates, a labor law firm. In 1983, he was an Associate
with Kern, Wooley and Maloney. Before practicing law,
Fitzmaurice was a pilot for Braniff II and an International and
Domestic Captain, Co-Pilot and Flight Engineer for Braniff
International Airlines. He is a former member of the U.S.
Marine Corps and graduated from Villanova University and Southern
Methodist School of Law.
The President intends to nominate Beverly Cook to be Assistant
Secretary of Energy for Environment, Safety and Health. Cook
has served as Manager of the Department of Energy's Idaho Operations
Office since June 1999. From 1991 to 1999, she served with the Office
of Nuclear Energy, first as the Director of Space and National Security
Programs, then as Associate Director of Disposition Technologies and
then as Principal Deputy Director of the Office of Nuclear
Energy. Cook was a Supervisory Engineer at the Division of
Plant Systems and Components for the Defense Nuclear Safety Board and
from 1975 to 1990, she held a variety of positions at the EG&G; Idaho
National Engineering Laboratory. Cook is a graduate of the
University of Washington at Seattle.
The President intends to designate James Herbert to be Acting
Chairperson of the National Endowment for the Humanities from November
10, 2001, to December 10, 2001. Herbert has served as a
Senior Executive of the National Endowment of the Humanities since 1989
and is presently the Director of the Division of Research Programs.
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