[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 29, Number 21 (Monday, May 31, 1993)]
[Page 930]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Announcement of Director of the National Park Service

 May 21, 1993

    The President announced the appointment of Roger Kennedy as the 
Director of the National Park Service. Kennedy is currently the Director 
of the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History.
    ``There are few tasks more serious than the stewardship of our 
national parks,'' said the President. ``With a record of public service 
dating back to World War II, Roger Kennedy is more than up to the job of 
safeguarding these precious resources.''

Note: A biography of the appointee was made available by the Office of 
the Press Secretary. This item was not received in time for publication 
in the appropriate issue.