[Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George H. W. Bush (1992, Book I)]
[January 24, 1992]
[Page 149]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]



Statement by Press Secretary Fitzwater on the Appointment of W. Henson 
Moore as Deputy Chief of Staff to the President

January 24, 1992
    The President intends to appoint W. Henson Moore, of Louisiana, as 
Deputy Chief of Staff to the President. Mr. Moore, 52, currently serves 
as Deputy Secretary of Energy, a position he has held since 1989. As 
Deputy Chief of Staff in the White House, Mr. Moore will assist Chief of 
Staff Samuel Skinner in directing the day-to-day operations of the White 
House staff.
    Mr. Moore has served as a Member of the U.S. House of 
Representatives from the Sixth Congressional District in Louisiana, 
1975-1987. He has served on the Energy and Commerce Committee, Ways and 
Means Committee, and the Budget Committee and has worked extensively in 
both energy and tax policy. Mr. Moore has also been a partner with the 
law firm of Sutherland, Asbill and Brennan, an Atlanta/Washington-based 
firm, since January 1987. He was also a Republican candidate for U.S. 
Senate in 1986. Between 1987 and 1988, he also served as one of three 
American Commissioners of a Panama Canal Consultative Committee created 
by the Panama Canal Treaty.
    Mr. Moore graduated from Louisiana State University (B.A., 1961; 
M.A., 1973) and Louisiana State University Law School (J.D., 1965). He 
served in the U.S. Army, 1965-1967. He was born October 4, 1939, in Lake 
Charles, LA. He is married to the former Carolyn Ann Cherry of Franklin, 
LA, and has three children.