For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
March 1, 2002
Nominations and Appointments
President George W. Bush today announced his intention to nominate
eight individuals and his intention to appoint five individuals to
serve in his administration.
The President intends to nominate Albert Casey to be a Governor of
the Board of Governors of the United States Postal Service for the
remainder of a nine-year term expiring December 8, 2009. Casey is
presently a Distinguished Executive in Residence at the Edwin L. Cox
School of Business at Southern Methodist University. Prior
to joining the Cox School of Business, Casey was the President and
Chief Executive Officer of the Resolution Trust
Corporation. From 1986 to 1988, he was the Ann Cox
Distinguished Professor of Business Policy at Cox School of Business
after serving as Postmaster General of the United States in 1986.
Casey was the chief executive of AMR Corp., from 1974 to 1985, and
remained on the Board of Directors until 1991. He joined AMR
Corp., after eight years as the President of the Times Mirror Company
in Los Angeles. Casey received a bachelor's degree from
Harvard University and a Master's degree from Harvard Business School.
The President intends to nominate Stephen Geoffrey Rademaker to be
Assistant Secretary of State for Arms Control. He is
currently the Deputy Staff Director and Chief Counsel for the U.S.
House of Representatives, Committee on International Relations, where
he has served since 1995, and from 1993 to 1995, he was Chief Counsel
to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. Before joining
the House of Representatives, Rademaker was General Counsel to the
Peace Corps and Associate Counsel to the President and Deputy Legal
Advisor to the National Security Counsel from 1989 to
1992. From 1987 to 1989, he was Special Assistant to the
Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs, and from 1986
to 1987, he was Counsel to the Vice- Chairman of the International
Trade Commission. Rademaker received a B.S., M.A. and J.D. from the
University of Virginia.
The President intends to nominate Thomas A. Marino to be United
States Attorney for the Middle District of
Pennsylvania. Marino has been the Lycoming County,
Pennsylvania, District Attorney since 1996. From 1988 to
1996, he was an Associate with the Williamsport, Pennsylvania, law firm
of McNemey, Page, Vanderlin & Hall. Marino received an A.A.
from Williamsport Area Community College, a B.A. from Lycoming College,
and a J.D. from Dickinson School of Law.
The President intends to nominate Patrick E. McDonald to be United
States Marshal for the District of Idaho. McDonald has
served with the Idaho State Police since 1969, where he has been
promoted through the ranks to Region Patrol Commander
Captain. Before joining the state police, he was a police
officer with the Burley, Idaho, Police Department. He has
served in the U.S. Air Force Reserve, the U.S. Army National Guard, and
the U.S. Army Reserve, and has received B.A. and M.A. degrees from
Idaho State University.
The President intends to nominate Don Slazinik to be United States
Marshal for the Southern District of Illinois. Slazinik has
been the Director of Public Safety for the O?Fallon Police Department
in O?Fallon, Illinois, since 1986, and also is a part time instructor
at Columbia College in St. Louis, Missouri. He was Chief of
Police in Poplar Bluff, Missouri from 1985 to 1986, and was Chief of
Police in Storm Lake, Iowa, from 1983 to 1985. Slazinik
began his law enforcement career in 1975 as a Police Officer with the
Police Department of the City of Des Peres, Missouri. Slazinik earned
a B.A. from Southeast Missouri State University and an M.A. from
Webster College.
The President intends to nominate Kim Richard Widup to be United
States Marshal for the Northern District of Illinois. Widup
has been the Chief of Investigations in the Office of Independent
Counsel since 1999. From 1979 to 2000, he served with the
Department of Agriculture, where he was promoted through the ranks to
Supervisory Criminal Investigator. A resident of Naperville,
Illinois, Widup is a graduate of Radford High School in Honolulu,
Hawaii.
The President intends to nominate John Edward Quinn to be United
States Marshal for the Northern District of Iowa. Quinn
recently retired after 35 years of service with the Iowa State Patrol
where he was promoted through the ranks to Sergeant. He
served for four years in the U.S. Air Force and graduated from
Maquoketa Valley High School in Delhi, Iowa.
The President intends to nominate John R. Edwards to be United
States Marshal for the District of Vermont. Edwards recently
retired after owning his own business, JRE Investigations, since
1993. He also served as a member of the Vermont House of
Representatives from 1995 to 2000. Edwards began his law
enforcement career in 1964, when he joined the Vermont State
Police. A former member of the U.S. Navy and U.S. Navy
Reserves, he is a graduate of Castleton State College.
The President intends to appoint Jack David to be Chairman of the
United States Section of the United States and Canada Permanent Joint
Board on Defense. David is currently self-employed, and
practiced law from 1967 to 1996 with several firms such as Siller, Wilk
and Mencher; Fenwick, Stone, Davis and West, and in private
practice. He was a delegate to the U. N. Human Rights
Commission in 1987, 1988, 1989 and 1990, and he has served on two
delegations to NATO, in 1992 and 2000. David earned a
bachelor's degree from Rutgers University and law degree from Columbia
University.
The President intends to appoint the following four individuals to
serve as Members of the Board of Visitors to the United States Naval
Academy:
Tirso Del Junco of California for the remainder of a three-year
term expiring December 30, 2002 Frederick Meyer of Texas for the
remainder of a three-year term expiring December 30, 2003 Jane Ellen
Newman of New Hampshire for the remainder of a three-year term expiring
December 30, 2003 Michael Stephen Steele of Maryland for the remainder
of a three-year term expiring December 30, 2003
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