The President today announced his intention to nominate Alan M. Dunn, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Import Administration. He would succeed Eric I. Garfinkel.
Since 1990 Mr. Dunn has served as a Deputy Assistant Secretary for Science and Electronics at the International Trade Administration of the United States Department of Commerce. Prior to this, he was Deputy Assistant Secretary for Basic Industries at the International Trade Administration, 1989 - 1990. Mr. Dunn has served as an attorney with O'Conner & Hannan, Attorneys at Law, 1987 - 1989; as general counsel of Temps & Company, 1985 - 1987; and as Executive Assistant to the Chairman of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, 1984 - 1985.
Mr. Dunn graduated from George Mason University (B.S., 1975) and the University of Virginia School of Law (J.D., 1980). He was born February 16, 1953, in New Haven, CT. Mr. Dunn resides in Arlington, VA.
Note: This nomination was not received in time for publication in the appropriate issue.
George Bush, Nomination of Alan M. Dunn To Be an Assistant Secretary of Commerce Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/266273