[Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George H. W. Bush (1992-1993, Book II)]
[August 17, 1992]
[Page 1365]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]



Appointment of C. Dean McGrath, Jr., as Deputy Assistant to the 
President and Deputy Staff Secretary
August 17, 1992

    The President today announced the appointment of C. Dean McGrath, 
Jr., as Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy Staff Secretary.
    Since 1991, Mr. McGrath has served as Counsel to the Director and 
General Counsel of the Peace Corps of the United States. Previously, Mr. 
McGrath served as the Acting General Counsel, Deputy General Counsel, 
and Associate General Counsel at the Department of Transportation, 1989-
91; Special Counsel, Office of the Secretary of Defense, Department of 
Defense, 1989; and Associate Counsel to the President, 1986-89. Mr. 
McGrath began his career in public service as an attorney-advisor, 
Office of the General Counsel, Department of the Treasury. Mr. McGrath 
has also served as a Special Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney's 
Office, District of Columbia, 1981.
    Mr. McGrath is a graduate of Duke University (B.A. with distinction 
in economics, 1975), the University of Nebraska College of Law (J.D., 
1978), and the National War College (1985). He was born May 27, 1953, in 
Chicago, IL, and was raised in Grand Island, NE. He is married, has one 
son, and resides in Alexandria, VA.