Nomination of B. Kent Burton To Be an Assistant Secretary of Commerce

The President today announced his intention to nominate B. Kent Burton to be Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere. He would succeed James Curtis Mack II.

Since 1984 Mr. Burton has been Director of the Office of Congressional Affairs for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration at the Department of Commerce. Prior to this he was a senior legislative representative of the American Trucking Associations, Inc., 1977-1984. He was also a legislative consultant for the Federal Physicians Association, 1978-1982, and a senior legislative assistant for Congressman John H. Rousselot, 1975-1977.

Mr. Burton graduated from Utah State University (B.A., 1975) and Harvard University (M.P.A., 1981). He was born April 15, 1952, in Salt Lake City, UT. He is married, has four children, and resides in Arlington, VA.