Nomination of David John Markey To Be an Assistant Secretary of Commerce

The President today announced his intention to nominate David John Markey to be Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information. He would succeed Bernard J. Wunder, Jr.

Mr. Markey is currently legal assistant to the Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission. Previously he served as chief of staff and legislative director in the office of Senator Frank Murkowski (1981-1983); legislative counsel and then vice president, congressional relations, for the National Association of Broadcasters (1974-1981); and administrative assistant in the office of Senator J. Glenn Beall, Jr. (1969-1974).

Mr. Markey graduated from Western Maryland College (B.S., 1963) and the University of Maryland School of Law (J.D., 1967). He is married and resides in Washington, D.C. He was born July 25, 1940, in Frederick, Md.