[Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George H. W. Bush (1992, Book I)]
[March 6, 1992]
[Page 403]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]



Nomination of James B. Huff, Sr., To Be Rural Electrification 
Administrator

March 6, 1992
    The President today announced his intention to nominate James B. 
Huff, Sr., of Mississippi, to be Administrator of the Rural 
Electrification Administration, Department of Agriculture, for a term of 
10 years. He would succeed Gary C. Byrne.
    Currently Mr. Huff serves as State Director of the Farmers Home 
Administration for the U.S. Department of Agriculture in Jackson, MS. 
From 1957 to 1989, Mr. Huff was director of operations for the Masonite 
Corp. in Laurel, MS.
    Mr. Huff graduated from Mississippi State University (B.S., 1954). 
He was born August 4, 1932, in Jones County, MS. He is married, has two 
children, and resides in Taylorsville, MS.