For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
September 13, 2002
Nominations and Designations
President George W. Bush Today Announced His Intention to Nominate Two Individuals and His Intention to Designate Two Individuals to Serve in His Administration
The President intends to nominate Glen L. Bower to be United States Tax
Court Judge for a term of 15 years. Bower has served as the Director
of the Illinois Department of Revenue since 1999, and he was previously
the Assistant to the Illinois Secretary of State. From 1990 to 1997,
Bower was the Chairman of the United States Railroad Retirement Board.
From 1979 to 1983, he was an elected member of the Illinois House of
Representatives. Bower is a graduate of Southern Illinois University
at Carbondale and Illinois Institute at Chicagos Kent College of Law.
The President intends to nominate Peter DeShazo to be accorded the
rank of Ambassador during his service as Deputy Permanent
Representative of the United States of America to the Permanent Mission
to the Organizations of American States and the Unites States
Representative to the Inter-American Council for Integral Development.
The President intends to designate David Barrett Cohen to be the
Special Representative to Meet and Consider in Good Faith Such Issues
Affecting the Relationship Between the Northern Mariana Islands and the
United States. Cohen is currently the Deputy Assistant Secretary in
the Office of Insular Affairs at the Department of Interior.
The President intends to designate Thomas G. Bowman to be Acting
Assistant Secretary of Veterans Affairs for Public and
Intergovernmental Affairs. Bowman is currently the Executive Assistant
to the Assistant Secretary of Veterans Affairs for Public and
Intergovernmental Affairs.
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