[Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George H. W. Bush (1992, Book I)]
[June 17, 1992]
[Pages 965-966]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]



Appointment of Vernon B. Parker as Special Assistant to the President 
and Associate Director of Presidential Personnel

June 17, 1992
    The President announced the appointment of Vernon B. Parker as 
Special Assistant to the President and Associate Director of 
Presidential Personnel. He will be responsible for boards and 
commissions.
    Since January 1992, Mr. Parker has served as General Counsel of the 
Office of Personnel Management (OPM). Prior to this Mr. Parker served as 
Counselor to the Director of OPM and as Director of Policy. Prior to 
joining OPM, Mr. Parker was an attorney with Multinational Business 
Services, a private consulting firm in Washington, DC. He also worked as 
a financial analyst for Rockwell International in Los Angeles. Mr. 
Parker began his political career with the Fund for America's Future. 
During the 1988 Presidential primaries, he chaired a key research team, 
and he served as the GOP national director of Democrats for Bush-Quayle 
during the general election.
    Mr. Parker graduated from Georgetown University Law Center, where he 
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editor-in-chief of the Georgetown American Criminal Law Journal and vice 
president of the Student Bar Association. He received his bachelor of 
science degree from California State University at Long Beach. Mr. 
Parker lives in McLean, VA, with his wife, Lisa, and daughter, Sonya.