[Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George H. W. Bush (1992, Book I)]
[May 4, 1992]
[Page 689]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]



Nomination of Michael James Toohey To Be an Assistant Secretary of 
Transportation

May 4, 1992
    The President today announced his intention to nominate Michael 
James Toohey, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
Transportation for Governmental Affairs. He would succeed Galen Joseph 
Reser.
    Since 1989, Mr. Toohey has served as senior Washington 
representative for Ashland Oil, Inc. Prior to this, he served as staff 
director for the Republican staff of the Committee on Public Works and 
Transportation at the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington, DC, 
1983-89; as staff director for the Republican staff of the Committee on 
Merchant Marine and Fisheries at the U.S. House of Representatives, 
1981-83; and as a senior Republican professional staff member at the 
Committee on Public Works and Transportation for the U.S. House of 
Representatives, 1978-81.
    Mr. Toohey graduated from the University of California at Berkeley, 
School of Forestry and Conservation (B.S., 1971). He was born February 
1, 1949, in Helena, MT. Mr. Toohey served in the U.S. Army Corps of 
Engineers, 1971-75. He is married, has three children, and resides in 
Great Falls, VA.