    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George H. W. Bush (1991, Book I)]
    [June 21, 1991]
    [Pages 709-710]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Nomination of Eric I. Garfinkel To Be an Under Secretary of Commerce
    June 21, 1991

        The President today nominated Eric I. Garfinkel, of Maryland, to be
    Under Secretary of Commerce for Export Administration at the U.S.
    Department of Commerce. He would succeed Dennis Edward Kloske.
        Since 1989, Mr. Garfinkel has served as Assistant Secretary for
    Import Administration at the U.S. Department of Commerce. Prior to this,
    Mr. Garfinkel served in the Transition Office of the President-Elect as
    the transition office contact for international trade, 1988-1989; as
    Vice President and General Counsel for the Overseas Private Investment
    Corporation, 1987-1989; and as a partner, with the law firm of Anderson,
    Hibey, Nauheim & Blair, 1984-1987. He also served as a Deputy Assistant
    Director for Commerce and Trade in the White House Office of Policy
    Development, 1982-1984; an attorney/advisor for the United States Trade
    Representative, 1981-1982; and an associate with the law firm of
    Collier, Shannon, Rill and Scott, 1980-1981.
        Mr. Garfinkel graduated from the University of Maryland (B.A., 1976)
    and Emory University (J.D., 1979). He was born July 11,

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    1954, in Flushing, NY. Mr. Garfinkel is married, has two children, and
    resides in Chevy Chase, MD.