[Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George H. W. Bush (1992, Book I)]
[March 31, 1992]
[Page 521]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]



Nomination of Wade F. Horn To Be a Deputy Director of the Office of 
National Drug Control Policy

March 31, 1992
    The President today announced his intention to nominate Wade F. 
Horn, of Maryland, to be Deputy Director for Demand Reduction for the 
Office of National Drug Control Policy. He would succeed Herbert D. 
Kleber.
    Dr. Horn is currently Commissioner of the Administration for 
Children, Youth and Families and Chief of the Children's Bureau at the 
Department of Health and Human Services in Washington, DC. He has also 
served as a member of the National Commission on Children. From 1988 to 
1989, he was a member of the Presidential transition team in the office 
of the President-elect; and a member of the health care advisory/
research group for George Bush for President campaign, 1987-1988. From 
1986 to 1989, he served in various capacities: director of outpatient 
psychological services for the department of psychiatry at the 
Children's Hospital National Medical Center; vice chairperson for the 
department of pediatric psychology at the Children's Hospital National 
Medical Center; and an associate professor of psychiatry and behavioral 
sciences and of child health and development at the George Washington 
University School of Medicine. He has also served as assistant professor 
of the department of psychology at Michigan State University, 1982-1986; 
and associate director of Michigan State University's psychological 
clinic and director of the pediatric psychology specialty clinic, 1984-
1986.
    Dr. Horn graduated from the American University (B.A., 1975) and 
Southern Illinois University (M.A., 1978; Ph.D., 1981). He was born 
December 3, 1954, in Coral Gables, FL. He is married, has two children, 
and resides in Gaithersburg, MD.