    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George H. W. Bush (1991, Book I)]
    [March 22, 1991]
    [Page 298]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Nomination of David T. Kearns To Be Deputy Secretary of the Department
    of Education
    March 22, 1991

        The President today announced his intention to nominate David T.
    Kearns as Deputy Secretary of the Department of Education. He would
    succeed John Theodore Sanders.
        Mr. Kearns, chairman of Xerox Corp., currently serves on the
    President's Education Policy Advisory Committee. He also serves as a
    member of the board of trustees of the Ford Foundation, the National
    Urban League, and the University of Rochester. Mr. Kearns has written
    and spoken widely on education issues, including a 1988 volume he
    coauthored with Denis Doyle, ``Winning the Brain Race: A Bold Plan to
    Make our Schools Competitive.''
        Mr. Kearns is a Navy veteran and a graduate of the University of
    Rochester (B.S., 1952). He is married, has six children, and resides in
    New Canaan, CT.