For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
May 16, 2002

Nominations
Nominations Sent to the Senate

Emil H. Frankel, of Connecticut, to be an Assistant Secretary of Transportation, vice Eugene A. Conti, Jr., resigned, to which position he was appointed during the last recess of the Senate.

Gerald Reynolds, of Missouri, to be Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, Department of Education, vice Norma V. Cantu, resigned, to which position he was appointed during the last recess of the Senate.

Dennis L. Schornack, of Michigan, to be Commissioner on the part of the United States on the International Joint Commission, United States and Canada, vice Thomas L. Baldini, to which position he was appointed during the last recess of the Senate.

Jeffrey Shane, of the District of Columbia, to be Associate Deputy Secretary of Transportation, vice Stephen D. Van Beek, resigned, to which position he was appointed during the last recess of the Senate.

Michael E. Toner, of the District of Columbia, to be a Member of the Federal Election Commission for a term expiring April 30, 2007, vice Darryl R. Wold, term expired, to which position he was appointed during the last recess of the Senate.

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