[Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George H. W. Bush (1991, Book I)]
[April 18, 1991]
[Page 395]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]



Nomination of Mike Hayden To Be an Assistant Secretary of the Interior
April 18, 1991

    The President today announced his intention to nominate Mike Hayden, 
of Kansas, to be Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife at the 
Department of the Interior. He would succeed Constance Bastine Harriman.
    Governor Hayden served as Governor of the State of Kansas from 1987 
to 1990. Prior to this he served as a speaker of the Kansas House of 
Representatives, 1982-1986. From 1978 to 1982, he served as chairman of 
the house ways and means committee, Kansas House of Representatives.
    Governor Hayden graduated from Kansas State University with a 
bachelor of science degree in wildlife conservation, 1966, and a master 
of science degree in biology from Fort Hays State University, 1974. 
Governor Hayden served in the U.S. Army, 1968-1970. He was born March 
16, 1944, in Colby, KS. Governor Hayden is married, has two children, 
and resides in Topeka, KS.