For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
July 20, 2001
Personnel Announcements
President George W. Bush today announced his intention to nominate one
individual and his intention to designate one individual to serve in his
administration.
The President intends to nominate John F. Turner to be Assistant Secretary
of State for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs.
He has served as the President and CEO of the Conservation Fund since 1993
and was Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service from 1989 to 1993.
Turner was a member of the Wyoming State Legislature from 1971 to 1989, as
a State Senator from 1975 to 1989 and as a Wyoming State Representative
from 1971 to 1975. He is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame and
received a Master?s Degree in Wildlife Ecology from the University of
Michigan.
The President intends to designate Glenn L. McCullough, Jr. of Mississippi
to be Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority.
He has served as a member of the Tennessee Valley Board of Directors since
1999. McCullough was elected Mayor of Tupelo, Mississippi, in 1997, and in
1992 was appointed director of the Mississippi Office of the Appalachian
Regional Commission by Mississippi Governor Kirk Fordice. He is a
graduate of Mississippi State University.
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