[Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George H. W. Bush (1992, Book I)]
[July 1, 1992]
[Page 1057]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]



Nomination of Robert E. Martinez To Be Associate Deputy Secretary of 
Transportation

July 1, 1992
    The President today announced his intention to nominate Robert E. 
Martinez, of New Jersey, to be Associate Deputy Secretary of 
Transportation. He would succeed Robert L. Pettit.
    Since 1990, Dr. Martinez has served as Deputy Administrator for the 
Maritime Administration at the Department of Transportation. He has also 
served as assistant executive director of the Business Roundtable in New 
York City, 1984-90; and as an associate consultant with Multinational 
Strategies, Inc., in New York City, 1983-84.
    Dr. Martinez graduated from Columbia University (B.A., 1977) and 
Yale University (M.A., 1979; Ph.D., 1984). He was born May 22, 1955, in 
Havana, Cuba. Dr. Martinez is married, has one child, and resides in 
Arlington, VA.