For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
September 19, 2001

Nominations Sent to the Senate

      William Baxter, of Tennessee, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority for the remainder of the term expiring May 18, 2002, vice Craven H. Crowell, Jr., resigned.

      William Baxter, of Tennessee, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority for the term expiring May 18, 2011.  (Reappointment)

      Patrick J. Fitzgerald, of Illinois, to be United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois for the term of four years, vice Scott Richard Lassar, resigned.

      Alice Howze Martin, of Alabama, to be United States Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama for the term of four years, vice G. Douglas Jones, resigned.

      John McKay, of Washington, to be United States Attorney for the Western District of Washington for the term of four years, vice Katrina Campbell Pflaumer, resigned.

      John Price, of Utah, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Mauritius, and to serve concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Federal and Islamic Republic of The Comoros and Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Seychelles.

      Karl K. Warner II, of West Virginia, to be United States Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia for the term of four years, vice Rebecca Aline Betts, resigned.

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