[Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George H. W. Bush (1992, Book I)]
[July 13, 1992]
[Page 1112]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]



Nomination of David P. Prosperi To Be a Member of the Board of Directors 
of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting

July 13, 1992
    The President today announced his intention to nominate David P. 
Prosperi, of Illinois, to be a member of the Board of Directors of the 
Corporation for Public Broadcasting for a term expiring March 26, 1997. 
He would succeed Marshall Turner, Jr.
    Since 1990, Mr. Prosperi has served as vice president of 
communications at the Chicago Board of Trade. He has also served as 
Assistant Secretary of Transportation at the Department of 
Transportation, 1989-90; deputy press secretary in the office of the 
President-elect, 1988-89; campaign press secretary for Vice Presidential 
nominee Dan Quayle, 1988; Assistant to the Secretary and Director of 
Public Affairs at the Department of the Interior, 1985-88; and press 
secretary to the Secretary at the Department of Energy, 1985.
    Mr. Prosperi graduated from the University of Illinois (B.A., 1975) 
and George Washington University (M.B.A., 1983). He was born June 20, 
1953, in Chicago, IL. Mr. Prosperi is married, has two children, and 
resides in Northbrook, IL.