    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George H. W. Bush (1991, Book I)]
    [June 25, 1991]
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    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

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    Nomination of Diane S. Ravitch To Be an Assistant Secretary of Education
    June 25, 1991

        The President today announced his intention to nominate Diane S.
    Ravitch, of New York, to be Assistant Secretary for Educational Research
    and Improvement at the Department of Education. She would succeed
    Christopher T. Cross.
        Since 1975 Dr. Ravitch has served as an adjunct professor of history
    and education for Teachers College at Columbia University. She is one of
    the Nation's foremost scholars on education. Prior to this Dr. Ravitch
    was a part-time writer and a full-time mother. Dr. Ravitch serves as an
    elected member of the National Academy of Education, which is the
    Nation's leading honorary organization of education scholars, 1979-
    present; an elected member of the Society of American Historians, 1984-
    present; and an elected member of the American Academy of Arts and
    Sciences, 1980-present. She is the author of 11 books and nearly 200
    articles on education.
        Dr. Ravitch graduated from Wellesley College (B.A., 1960) and
    Columbia University's Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (Ph.D.,
    1975). She was born July 1, 1938, in Houston, TX. Dr. Ravitch has two
    children and resides in Brooklyn, NY.