Nomination of A. David Rossin To Be an Assistant Secretary of Energy

The President today announced his intention to nominate A. David Rossin to be an Assistant Secretary of Energy (Nuclear Energy).

Since 1981 Dr. Rossin has been director of the Nuclear Safety Analysis Center, Nuclear Power Division, at the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) in Palo Alto, CA. Prior to 1981, Dr. Rossin was director of research for the Commonwealth Edison Co., Chicago, IL. He is a 27-year veteran of the nuclear power field, having worked in various technical and management capacities at Argonne National Laboratory from 1955 to 1972, before moving to Commonwealth Edison.

Dr. Rossin graduated from Cornell University (B.S., 1954), the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.S., 1955), Northwestern University (M.B.A., 1963), and Case-Western Reserve University (Ph.D., 1966). He is married, has two children, and resides in Los Altos, CA. He was born May 5, 1931, in Cleveland, OH.