[Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George H. W. Bush (1992, Book I)]
[March 18, 1992]
[Page 472]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]



Appointment of Kim Fogal McKernan as Special Assistant to the President 
for Legislative Affairs

March 18, 1992
    The President today announced his intention to appoint Kim Fogal 
McKernan, of Pennsylvania, to be Special Assistant to the President for 
Legislative Affairs (House). She would succeed Frances M. Norris.
    Since October 1990, Ms. McKernan has served as executive assistant 
to the Deputy Secretary of Defense. Prior to this assignment, she served 
as Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Force Management 
and Personnel. Ms. McKernan came to the Pentagon as part of Secretary 
Cheney's transition team in March 1989. She was then appointed assistant 
to the Secretary of Defense for political and intergovernmental affairs. 
Prior to her appointment at the Pentagon, Ms. McKernan served as 
associate director in the House Republican whip and House Republican 
conference organizations. From 1985 to 1987, she was the administrative 
assistant to Congressman Beau Boulter (R-TX). She began her career in 
the U.S. House of Representatives with Congressman Robert S. Walker (R-
PA) in 1979, where she served as senior legislative assistant.
    Ms. McKernan graduated from Shippensburg University (B.S., 1978). 
She and her husband, Robert T. McKernan, reside in Washington, DC.