For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
January 7, 2002
President Signs Recess Appointment
President Bush Signed the Recess Appointment of John Magaw to be Under Secretary of Transportation Security
President George W. Bush today signed the recess appointment of John
Magaw to be Under Secretary of Transportation for Security.
The President announced the intention to nominate Mr. Magaw on December
10, 2001, and his nomination was transmitted to the Senate on December
13, 2001.
Mr. Magaw is the former Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco
and Firearms and former Director of the U.S. Secret
Service. He is presently the Acting Executive Director of
the Office of National Preparedness within the Federal Emergency
Management Agency. Mr. Magaw joined FEMA in December 1999,
as the Senior Advisor to the Director for terrorism preparedness and
has also served as Acting Director and Acting Deputy Director.
Mr. Magaw directed the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms from
1993 to 1999, and served in the Secret Service for 26
years. Before being named Director of the Secret Service,
Magaw oversaw all protective operations for the President and first
family among other positions including deputy special agent in charge
of the Vice Presidential division and head of the Washington Field
Office. Magaw earned the Presidential Rank Meritorious Award
in 1991 and 1999, and the Presidential Rank Distinguished Award in
1995. A native of Columbus, Ohio, Magaw began his law
enforcement career as a trooper with the Ohio State Patrol in 1959 and
holds a bachelor's degree from Otterbein College.
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