[Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George H. W. Bush (1992, Book I)]
[April 8, 1992]
[Page 563]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]



Nomination of Daniel A. Sumner To Be an Assistant Secretary of 
Agriculture

April 8, 1992
    The President today announced his intention to nominate Daniel A. 
Sumner, of North Carolina, to be an Assistant Secretary of Agriculture 
for Economics and a member of the Board of Directors of the Commodity 
Credit Corporation, succeeding Bruce L. Gardner. Upon appointment as 
Assistant Secretary of Agriculture, he will be appointed a member of the 
Board of Directors of the Rural Telephone Bank.
    Currently Dr. Sumner serves as Acting Assistant Secretary for 
Economics and Deputy Assistant Secretary for Economics at the U.S. 
Department of Agriculture in Washington, DC. Prior to this, he served as 
a professor of agricultural economics in the department of economics and 
business at North Carolina State University, 1979-90.
    Dr. Sumner graduated from California State Polytechnic University 
(B.S., 1971); Michigan State University (M.A., 1973); and the University 
of Chicago (M.A., 1977; Ph.D., 1978). He was born December 5, 1950, in 
Fairfield, CA. Dr. Sumner has two children and resides in Alexandria, 
VA.