For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
February 28, 2001
President Bush to Nominate Four Individuals to Serve in His Administration
The President intends to nominate
Dr. Wade F. Horn to be to be
Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services for Family
Support. Dr. Horn is presently the President of the National
Fatherhood Institute and is also a member of the U.S. Advisory
Committee on Head Start Research and Evaluation within the Department
of Health and Human Services. From 1989 to 1993, he served
as Commissioner of the Administration for Children, Youth and Families
and Chief of the Children's Bureau at HHS and received the Award for
Distinguished Leadership in Head Start Research from HHS in
1993. The author of numerous journal articles and several
books, he is a graduate of American University and received his
Master's degree and Ph.D. from Southern Illinois University.
The President intends to nominate
Kevin Keane of Wisconsin to be
Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services for Public
Affairs. He has served then-Governor Tommy Thompson as his
Executive Assistant and Communications Director. Before
joining the Wisconsin Governor's office, Keane was the Washington
Correspondent for Thomson Newspapers and wrote for the Waukesha Freeman
Newspaper and the Fond du Lac Reporter Newspaper. He is a
graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire.
The President intends to nominate
Lee Sarah Liberman Otis to be General
Counsel at the Department of Energy. She is presently Chief
Counsel at the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration. In the
past she has served in the Civil Division of the Department of Justice
from 1984 to 1986 as an Associate Counsel to President George H.W.
Bush. She has served as an Assistant Professor at George
Mason University Law School and as an Adjunct Professor at Georgetown
University Law School. She is a graduate of Yale University
and received her law degree from the University of Chicago.
The President intends to nominate
Peter S. Watson of California, to be
President of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation. He
presently serves as Counsel to Pillsbury Winthrop, LLC in Washington,
D.C. and is Counsel at Armitage Associates. He served as a
Commissioner on the U.S. International Trade Commission from 1991 to
1996, and was named Chairman of the Commission in
1994. Under George H.W. Bush, he served as the Director of
Asian Affairs at the National Security Council and as a Senior Advisor
to the President and CEO at the Overseas Private Investment
Corporation. He received his law degree from Auckland University Law
School in New Zealand, a Master's in Law from McGill University, a
Master's in International Business from West Coast University and a
Doctorate in International Economic Relations from McGill University.
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