[Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George H. W. Bush (1991, Book I)]
[June 25, 1991]
[Page 723]
[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.