[Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George H. W. Bush (1992, Book I)]
[June 1, 1992]
[Page 877]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]



Nomination of Walter B. McCormick, Jr., To Be General Counsel of the 
Department of Transportation

June 1, 1992
    The President today announced his intention to nominate Walter B. 
McCormick, Jr., of Missouri, to be General Counsel of the Department of 
Transportation. He would succeed Arthur J. Rothkopf.
    Currently Mr. McCormick serves as Republican chief counsel and staff 
director of the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
Transportation in Washington, DC. Prior to this he served as a 
legislative assistant to Senator John C. Danforth in Washington, DC.
    Mr. McCormick graduated from the University of Missouri School of 
Journalism (B.J., 1976) and the University of Missouri School of Law 
(J.D., 1979). He was born February 8, 1954, in Kansas City, MO. Mr. 
McCormick is married, has one child, and resides in Alexandria, VA.