[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.