Continuation of Sherman M. Funk as Inspector General of the Department of State

The President today announced that Sherman M. Funk will continue to serve as Inspector General at the Department of State.

Since 1987 Mr. Funk has served as Inspector General of the Department of State. Prior to this he served as Inspector General of the Department of Commerce, 1981 - 1987. Mr. Funk was Director of the Air Force Cost Reduction Office for 7 years and served as a senior program official in several minority business and economic development agencies in the Departments of Commerce and Energy.

Mr. Funk graduated from Harvard College (B.A., 1950). He was born November 13, 1925, in New York, NY. He served as a corporal in the U.S. Army, 1944 - 1946. He is married, has five children, and resides in Chevy Chase, MD.