[Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George H. W. Bush (1992, Book I)]
[April 7, 1992]
[Page 554]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]



Nomination of William Dean Hansen To Be Chief Financial Officer at the 
Department of Education

April 7, 1992
    The President today announced his intention to nominate William Dean 
Hansen, of Idaho, to be Chief Financial Officer at the Department of 
Education. He would succeed John Theodore Sanders.
    Currently Mr. Hansen serves as Acting Assistant Secretary for 
Management and Budget at the U.S. Department of Education in Washington, 
DC. Prior to this, he served at the U.S. Department of Education as: 
Acting Assistant Secretary for Legislation and Congressional Affairs, 
1991; Acting Deputy Under Secretary for Planning, Budget, and 
Evaluation, 1990-91; Deputy Assistant Secretary for Legislation and 
Congressional Affairs, 1989-90; senior research associate in the Office 
of the Secretary, 1989; and Deputy Assistant Secretary for Elementary 
and Secondary Education, 1988. He was Executive Assistant for 
Legislative Affairs in the Office of Legislation, 1984-88; and a 
legislative assistant in the Office of Legislation and Public Affairs, 
1981-84.
    Mr. Hansen graduated from George Mason University (B.S., 1988). He 
was born May 13, 1959, in Pocatello, ID. Mr. Hansen is married, has four 
children, and resides in Arlington, VA.