For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
October 9, 2001

Nominations Sent to the Senate

     Rene Acosta, of Virginia, to be a Member of the National Labor Relations Board for the remainder of the term expiring August 27, 2003, vice John C. Truesdale, resigned.

     Julia Smith Gibbons, of Tennessee, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit, vice Gilbert S. Merritt, retired.

     William J. Hybl, of Colorado, to be Representative of the United States of America to the Fifty-sixth Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations.

     Ernest L. Johnson, of Louisiana, to be an Alternate Representative of the United States of America to the Fifty-sixth Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations.

     John Thomas Korsmo, of North Dakota, to be a Director of the Federal Housing Finance Board for a term expiring February 27, 2002, vice Lawrence U. Costiglio, term expired.

     John Thomas Korsmo, of North Dakota, to be a Director of the Federal Housing Finance Board for a term expiring February 27, 2009.  (Reappointment)

     Nancy Cain Marcus, of Texas, to be an Alternate Representative of the United States of America to the Fifty-sixth Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations.

     Philip R. Martinez, of Texas, to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Texas, vice a new position created by Public Law 106-553, approved December 21, 2000.

     C. Ashley Royal, of Georgia, to be United States District Judge for the Middle District of Georgia, vice Duross Fitzpatrick, retired.

     Charles S. Shapiro, of Georgia, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.

     William H. Steele, of Alabama, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Eleventh Circuit, vice Emmett Ripley Cox, retired.

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