Nomination of Charles L. Grizzle To Be an Assistant Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency

The President today announced his intention to nominate Charles L. Grizzle to be an Assistant Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (Administration). He would succeed Howard M. Messner.

Since 1983 Mr. Grizzle has been Deputy Assistant Secretary for Administration at the Department of Agriculture, Washington, DC. Prior to this he was the confidential assistant to the Secretary of Agriculture, 1982-1983. From 1981 to 1982, Mr. Grizzle was executive director for the Republican Party of Kentucky.

Mr. Grizzle graduated from the University of Kentucky (B.A., 1973). He was born July 22, 1948, in Argillite, KY, and currently resides in McLean, VA.