Nominations Submitted to the Senate
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Administration of William J. Clinton, 1997 33 In the afternoon, the President had a tele- of the Board of Directors of the Inter-Amer- phone conversation with Newt Gingrich to ican Foundation. congratulate him on winning reelection to a The White House announced that the second term as Speaker of the House of Rep- President has appointed Secretary of the In- resentatives. The President also placed calls terior Bruce Babbitt to lead a delegation rep- to Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott, Senate resenting the United States at the inaugura- Minority Leader Thomas S. Daschle, and tion of President-elect Arnoldo Aleman of House Minority Leader Richard A. Gep- Nicaragua on January 10. hardt. The President announced his intention to January 10 nominate Susan E. Trees to the National The President announced his intention to Council on the Humanities. appoint Ann Lewis as Assistant to the Presi- The White House announced that the dent and Deputy Communications Director. President will meet with United Nations Sec- The President announced the nomination retary-General Kofi Annan in the Oval Office of Sheila F. Anthony as a Commissioner of on January 23. the Federal Trade Commission. The White House announced that the President appointed Charles Ruff to succeed Jack Quinn as Assistant to the President and Counsel to the President early next month. The President also appointed: Cheryl D. Nominations Mills to be Deputy Assistant to the President Submitted to the Senate and Deputy Counsel to the President; Kath- leen M.H. Wallman to be Deputy Assistant to the President for Economic Policy and The following list does not include promotions of Chief of Staff and Counselor to the National members of the Uniformed Services, nominations Economic Council; and Elena Kagan to be to the Service Academies, or nominations of For- Deputy Director of the Domestic Policy eign Service officers. Council. The President declared a major disaster in Submitted January 7 the State of Washington and ordered Federal aid to supplement State and local recovery efforts in the area struck by severe ice storms Madeleine Korbel Albright, beginning November 19 and continuing of the District of Columbia, to be Secretary through December 4. of State, vice Warren Christopher, resigned. The President declared a major disaster in Minnesota and ordered Federal aid to sup- William S. Cohen, plement State and local recovery efforts in of Maine, to be Secretary of Defense, vice the area struck by severe ice storms Novem- William J. Perry. ber 14±30. Bill Richardson, January 8 of New Mexico, to be the Representative of In the morning, the President met with the United States of America to the United members of his economic team and Federal Nations with the rank and status of Ambas- Reserve Board Chairman Alan Greenspan in sador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, and the Oval Office to discuss economic issues. the Representative of the United States of January 9 America in the Security Council of the Unit- In the morning, the President met with ed Nations, vice Madeleine Korbel Albright. NATO Secretary General Javier Solana and Vice President Gore in the Vice President's Aida Alvarez, West Wing office. of New York, to be Administrator of the The President announced his intention to Small Business Administration, vice Philip nominate Jeffrey Davidow to be a member Lader. VerDate 05-AUG-97 14:17 Aug 15, 1997 Jkt 010199 PO 00000 Frm 00027 Fmt 1244 Sfmt 1244 E:\TEMP\P02JA4.009 pfrm07 34 Administration of William J. Clinton, 1997 Andrew M. Cuomo, Donald Rappaport, of New York, to be Secretary of Housing and of the District of Columbia, to be Chief Fi- Urban Development, vice Henry G. nancial Officer, Department of Education, Cisneros, resigned. vice Donald Richard Wurtz, resigned. Karen Shepherd, William M. Daley, of Utah, to be U.S. Director of the European of Illinois, to be Secretary of Commerce, vice Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Michael Kantor. vice Lee F. Jackson, to which position she was appointed during the last recess of the Alexis M. Herman, Senate. of Alabama, to be Secretary of Labor, vice Robert B. Reich. Arthur I. Blaustein, of California, to be a member of the National Rodney E. Slater, Council on the Humanities for a term expir- of Arkansas, to be Secretary of Transpor- ing January 26, 2002, vice Bruce D. Benson, tation, vice Federico PenÄ a. term expired. Dave Nolan Brown, Janet L. Yellen, of Washington, to be a member of the Na- of California, to be a member of the Council tional Council on Disability for a term expir- of Economic Advisers, vice Joseph E. Stiglitz, ing September 17, 1998, vice John A. Gan- resigned. non, term expired. Charlene Barshefsky, Lorraine Weiss Frank, of the District of Columbia, to be U.S. Trade of Arizona, to be a member of the National Representative, with the rank of Ambassador Council on the Humanities for a term expir- Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, vice Mi- ing January 26, 2002, vice Mikiso Hane, term chael Kantor. expired. Donna Holt Cunninghame, Hans M. Mark, of Maryland, to be Chief Financial Officer, of Texas, to be a member of the Board of Corporation for National and Community Trustees of the Barry Goldwater Scholarship Service, to which position she was appointed and Excellence in Education Foundation for during the last recess of the Senate (new po- a term expiring April 17, 2002 (reappoint- sition). ment). Susan Ford Wiltshire, Jose-Marie Griffiths, of Tennessee, to be a member of the Na- of Tennessee, to be a member of the Na- tional Council on the Humanities for a term tional Commission on Libraries and Informa- expiring January 26, 2002, vice Helen Gray tion Science for a term expiring July 19, 2001, Crawford, term expired. vice Shirley Gray Adamovich, term expired. Alan M. Hantman, Madeleine May Kunin, of New Jersey, to be Architect of the Capitol of Vermont, to serve concurrently and with- for the term of 10 years, vice George Mal- out additional compensation as Ambassador colm White. Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Eric L. Clay, United States of America to the Principality of Michigan, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the of Liechtenstein. Sixth Circuit, vice Ralph B. Guy, Jr., retired. John Warren McGarry, Merrick B. Garland, of Massachusetts, to be a member of the of Maryland, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Federal Election Commission for a term ex- District of Columbia Circuit, vice Abner J. piring April 30, 2001 (reappointment). Mikva, retired. VerDate 05-AUG-97 14:17 Aug 15, 1997 Jkt 010199 PO 00000 Frm 00028 Fmt 1244 Sfmt 1244 E:\TEMP\P02JA4.009 pfrm07 Administration of William J. Clinton, 1997 35 William A. Fletcher, Jeffrey T. Miller, of California, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for of California, to be U.S. District Judge for the Ninth Circuit, vice William Albert Norris, the Southern District of California, vice Gor- retired. don Thompson, Jr., retired. Richard A. Paez, Susan Oki Mollway, of California, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for of Hawaii, to be U.S. District Judge for the the Ninth Circuit, vice Cecil F. Poole, re- District of Hawaii, vice Harold M. Fong, de- signed. ceased. M. Margaret McKeown, Margaret M. Morrow, of Washington, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for of California, to be U.S. District Judge for the Ninth Circuit, vice J. Jerome Farris, re- the Central District of California, vice Rich- tired. ard A. Gadbois, Jr., retired. Robert W. Pratt, Arthur Gajarsa, of Iowa, to be U.S. District Judge for the of Maryland, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Southern District of Iowa, vice Harold D. Federal Circuit, vice Helen Wilson Nies, re- Vietor, retired. tired. Christina A. Snyder, James A. Beaty, Jr., of California, to be U.S. District Judge for of North Carolina, to be U.S. Circuit Judge the Central District of California, vice Ed- for the Fourth Circuit, vice James Dickson ward Rafeedie, retired. Phillips, Jr., retired. Clarence J. Sundram, Ann L. Aiken, of New York, to be U.S. District Judge for of Oregon, to be U.S. District Judge for the the Northern District of New York, vice Con District of Oregon, vice James H. Redden, G. Cholakis, retired. retired. Thomas W. Thrash, Jr., Lawrence Baskir, of Georgia, to be U.S. District Judge for the of Maryland, to be a Judge of the U.S. Court Northern District of Georgia, vice Robert L. of Federal Claims for a term of 15 years, Vining, Jr., retired. vice Reginald W. Gibson, retired. Marjorie O. Rendell, Joseph F. Bataillon, of Pennsylvania, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for of Nebraska, to be U.S. District Judge for the Third Circuit, vice William D. Hutchin- the District of Nebraska, vice Lyle E. Strom, son, deceased. retired. Helene N. White, Colleen Kollar-Kotelly, of Michigan, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the of the District of Columbia, to be U.S. Dis- Sixth Circuit, vice Damon J. Keith, retired. trict Judge for the District of Columbia, vice Submitted January 9 Harold H. Greene, retired. Genta Hawkins Holmes, Richard A. Lazzara, of California, a career member of the Senior of Florida, to be U.S. District Judge for the Foreign Service, class of Minister-Counselor, Middle District of Florida, vice John H. to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Pleni- Moore II, retired. potentiary of the United States of America to Australia. Donald M. Middlebrooks, of Florida, to be a U.S. District Judge for Anne W. Patterson, the Southern District of Florida, vice James of Virginia, a career member of the Senior W. Kehoe, retired. Foreign Service, class of Minister-Counselor, VerDate 05-AUG-97 14:17 Aug 15, 1997 Jkt 010199 PO 00000 Frm 00029 Fmt 1244 Sfmt 1244 E:\TEMP\P02JA4.009 pfrm07 36 Administration of William J.