For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
March 15, 2001
President Bush to Nominate Hickok as Under Secretary of Education
President George W. Bush today announced his intention to nominate Gene
Hickok to be Under Secretary of Education. He presently
serves as the Secretary of Education for the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania, a position he has held since his appointment by Governor
Tom Ridge in 1995. Before his appointment, he was the
Director of the Clarke Center for the Interdisciplinary Study of
Contemporary Issues and a Professor of Political Science at Dickinson
College. He is a graduate of Hampden-Sydney College,
received his Master's degree in Public Administration from the
University of Virginia and received his Ph.D. from the University of
Virginia.
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