[Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George H. W. Bush (1992, Book I)]
[June 25, 1992]
[Page 1020]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]



Nomination of Kathryn D. Sullivan To Be Chief Scientist at the National 
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

June 25, 1992
    The President today announced his intention to nominate Kathryn D. 
Sullivan, of California, to be Chief Scientist of the National Oceanic 
and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce. She would 
succeed Sylvia Alice Earle.
    Since 1990, Dr. Sullivan has served as NASA Mission Specialist at 
the Johnson Space Center in Houston, TX. Dr. Sullivan graduated from the 
University of California at Santa Cruz (B.S., 1973) and Dalhousie 
University, Halifax, Nova Scotia (Ph.D., 1978). She serves in the U.S. 
Naval Reserve. Dr. Sullivan was born October 3, 1951, in Paterson, NJ, 
and currently resides in Houston, TX.