    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George H. W. Bush (1991, Book I)]
    [June 7, 1991]
    [Page 626]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Appointment of Gary R. Blumenthal as Deputy Assistant to the President
    for Cabinet Liaison
    June 7, 1991

        The President today announced the appointment of Gary R. Blumenthal,
    of Virginia, to be Deputy Assistant to the President for Cabinet
    Liaison. He will also serve as Special Assistant to the President for
    Agricultural Trade and Food Assistance.
        Since January 1990 Mr. Blumenthal has served as Chief of Staff to
    the Secretary of Agriculture. From May 1990 to December 1990, he was
    Executive Assistant to the Secretary of Agriculture. From 1983 to 1989,
    Mr. Blumenthal served in the Department of Agriculture's Foreign
    Agricultural Service, first as a legislative assistant and then as
    director of legislative affairs. From 1979 to 1981, Mr. Blumenthal was
    legislative assistant to Representative Larry J. Hopkins (R-KY). In 1981
    he was staff assistant to Secretary of the Air Force Verne Orr and in
    1982 served as a field representative for the Republican National
    Committee in five Southern States.
        Born in Kittery, Maine, Mr. Blumenthal was raised in Jacksonville,
    NC. He graduated from East Carolina University (B.A. 1978) and lives in
    Arlington, VA, with his wife and two children.