[Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George H. W. Bush (1992, Book I)]
[March 20, 1992]
[Page 483]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]



Nomination of Duane Acker To Be an Assistant Secretary of Agriculture

March 20, 1992
    The President today announced his intention to nominate Duane Acker, 
of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Agriculture for Science and 
Education. He would succeed Charles E. Hess.
    Currently Dr. Acker serves as Administrator of the Foreign 
Agricultural Service and Administrator for International Cooperation and 
Development at the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Prior to this, he 
served as Assistant to the Administrator for Food and Agriculture at the 
U.S. Agency for International Development in Washington, DC. From 1975 
to 1986, Dr. Acker served as president of Kansas State University.
    Dr. Acker graduated from Iowa State University (B.S., 1952; M.S., 
1953) and Oklahoma State University (Ph.D., 1957). He was born March 13, 
1931, in Atlantic, IA. Dr. Acker is married, has two children, and 
resides in Arlington, VA.