[Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George H. W. Bush (1992-1993, Book II)]
[September 25, 1992]
[Page 1657]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]



Nomination of William Lucas To Be Director of Community Relations 
Service at the Department of Justice
September 25, 1992

    The President today announced his intention to nominate William 
Lucas, of Michigan, to be Director of Community Relations Service at the 
U.S. Department of Justice, for a term of 4 years. He would succeed 
Grace Flores-Hughes.
    Since 1989, Mr. Lucas has served as Director of the Office of 
Liaison Services at the Department of Justice. From 1988 to 1989, Mr. 
Lucas served as an attorney with the firm of Evans and Luptak in 
Detroit, MI. In 1987, he was a Harvard fellow at the John F. Kennedy 
School of Government. He has also served as Commissioner of the 
Commission on the Bicentennial of the United States Constitution, 1986-
89; county executive for Wayne County, MI, 1983-86; and sheriff of Wayne 
County, MI, 1970-83.
    Mr. Lucas graduated from Manhattan College (B.S., 1948) and Fordham 
Law School (LL.B., 1962). He was born January 15, 1928, in New York 
City. Mr. Lucas is married, has five children, and resides in Arlington, 
VA.