For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
December 6, 2001
Appointments
President Bush Today Announced His Intention to Appoint Four Individuals to Serve in His Administration
President George W. Bush today announced his intention to appoint four
individuals to serve in his administration.
The President intends to appoint Dr. Andrew von Eschenbach to be
Director of the National Cancer Institute at the Department of Health
and Human Services. Von Eschenbach is currently the Director
of the Program Center for Genitourinary Cancers and the Director of the
Prostate Cancer Research Center at the University of Texas M.D.
Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas. Additionally, he
is the Special Assistant to the President of the M.D. Anderson Cancer
Center for External Affairs, a Professor of Urology and Consulting
Professor of Cancer Biology. Dr. von Eschenbach was has
served as a Professor at the University of Texas Medical School at
Houston and the University of Texas Health Science Center at
Houston. He has been a Member of the Board of Directors of
the American Cancer Society since 1993, serving as Second Vice
President, First Vice President. Dr. von Eschenbach is a
graduate of St. Joseph's College and Georgetown University Medical
School and a former member of the U.S. Navy.
The President intends to appoint the following three individuals to
serves as Members of the Medal of Valor Review Board:
Kermit Steven Young of the Marion, Ohio, City Police Department to
represent Law Enforcement
Edward Cardinal Egan of the Diocese of New York to represent
Emergence Services
Thomas Kendall McEachin of the Prince George's County Fire and EMS
Department to represent Firefighting.
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