    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George H. W. Bush (1991, Book I)]
    [June 12, 1991]
    [Page 643]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Nomination of Jeffrey C. Martin To Be General Counsel at the Department
    of Education
    June 12, 1991

        The President today announced his intention to nominate Jeffrey C.
    Martin, of Tennessee, to be General Counsel of the Department of
    Education. He would succeed Edward C. Stringer.
        Currently, Mr. Martin serves as a consultant to the Secretary at the
    Department of Education in Washington, DC. Prior to this, Mr. Martin
    served with the law firm of Shea & Gardner as a partner, 1985-1991; as
    an associate, 1980-1985; and as an associate with Barnes Hickman,
    Pantzer & Boyd, 1979-1980. From 1978 to 1979, Mr. Martin served as a law
    clerk to the Honorable Spottswood W. Robinson III, U.S. Court of Appeals
    for the District of Columbia Circuit.
        Mr. Martin graduated from Indiana University (B.A., 1975) and the
    University of Chicago Law School (J.D., 1978). Mr. Martin was born
    December 5, 1953, in Columbus, OH. He is married, has two children, and
    resides in Silver Spring, MD.