[Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George H. W. Bush (1992, Book I)]
[February 24, 1992]
[Page 303]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]



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Appointment of John A. Gaughan as Deputy Assistant to the President and 
Director of the White House Military Office

February 24, 1992
    The President today announced the appointment of John A. Gaughan, of 
Maryland, to be Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of the 
White House Military Office. He will succeed LTG Richard G. Trefry, USA 
(Ret.).
    Since 1989 Mr. Gaughan has served as Chief of Staff to the Secretary 
of Transportation. Prior to this, he served as the Administrator of the 
Maritime Administration from 1985 to 1989; as Deputy Assistant Secretary 
of Governmental Affairs, Department of Transportation, in 1985; as 
Director of the Office of External Affairs in the Maritime 
Administration in 1984; and as a congressional liaison officer for the 
Department of Transportation from 1981 to 1984. From 1970 to 1980, Mr. 
Gaughan served on active duty in the U.S. Coast Guard and held various 
positions including command of the Coast Guard Cutter Point Martin.
    Mr. Gaughan graduated from the U.S. Coast Guard Academy with a 
bachelor of science in 1970 and from the University of Maryland School 
of Law in 1977. He was born March 29, 1947, in Washington, DC. He and 
his wife, Janelle, reside in Bethesda, MD.