For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
June 16, 2006
Nominations Sent to the Senate
NOMINATIONS SENT TO THE SENATE:
Mark R. Abbott, of Oregon, to be a Member of the National
Science Board, National Science Foundation, for a term expiring May
10, 2012, vice Jane Lubchenco, term expired.
Geoffrey S. Bacino, of Illinois, to be a Director of the Federal
Housing Finance Board for a term expiring February 27, 2013, vice
Franz S. Leichter, term expired.
Camilla Persson Benbow, of Tennessee, to be a Member of the
National Science Board, National Science Foundation, for a term
expiring May 10, 2012, vice Warren M. Washington, term expired.
John T. Bruer, of Missouri, to be a Member of the National
Science Board, National Science Foundation, for a term expiring May
10, 2012, vice John A. White, Jr., term expired.
Josiah Bunting, III, of Rhode Island, to be a Member of the
National Council on the Humanities for a term expiring January 26,
2012, vice Wright L. Lassiter, Jr., term expired.
Michael V. Dunn, of Iowa, to be a Commissioner of the Commodity
Futures Trading Commission for a term expiring June 19, 2011.
(Reappointment)
Thomas C. Foley, of Connecticut, to be Ambassador Extraordinary
and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Ireland.
Patricia D. Galloway, of Washington, to be a Member of the
National Science Board, National Science Foundation, for a term
expiring May 10, 2012, vice Diana S. Natalicio, term expired.
Jose-Marie Griffiths, of Pennsylvania, to be a Member of the
National Science Board, National Science Foundation, for a term
expiring May 10, 2012, vice Nina V. Fedoroff, term expired.
Mary Haybeck, of Maryland, to be a Member of the National
Council on the Humanities for a term expiring January 26, 2012, vice
James R. Stoner, Jr., term expired.
Karl Hess, of Illinois, to be a Member of the National Science
Board, National Science Foundation, for the remainder of the term
expiring May 10, 2008, vice Delores M. Etter, resigned.
Robert S. Martin, of Texas, to be a Member of the National
Council on the Humanities for a term expiring January 26, 2012, vice
Jeffrey D. Wallin, term expired.
Wilfred M. McClay, of Tennessee, to be a Member of the National
Council on the Humanities for a term expiring January 26, 2012.
(Reappointment)
Nancy Montanez-Johner, of Nebraska, to be Under Secretary of
Agriculture for Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services, vice Eric M.
Bost.
Nancy Montanez-Johner, of Nebraska, to be a Member of the Board
of Directors of the Commodity Credit Corporation, vice Eric M. Bost.
Manfredi Piccolomini, of New York, to be a Member of the
National Council on the Humanities for a term expiring January 26,
2012, vice Andrew Ladis, term expired.
Thomas N. Taylor, of Kansas, to be a Member of the National
Science Board, National Science Foundation, for a term expiring May
10, 2012, vice Daniel Simberloff, term expired.
Richard F. Thompson, of California, to be a Member of the
National Science Board, National Science Foundation, for a term
expiring May 10, 2012, vice Mark S. Wrighton, term expired.
Kenneth R. Weinstein, of the District of Columbia, to be a
Member of the National Council on the Humanities for a term expiring
January 26, 2012, vice David Hertz, term expired.
Jay Winik, of Maryland, to be a Member of the National Council
on the Humanities for a term expiring January 26, 2012, vice Nathan
O. Hatch, term expired.
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