Nomination of David S.C. Chu To Be an Assistant Secretary of Defense

The President today announced his intention to nominate David S.C. Chu to be an Assistant Secretary of Defense (Program Analysis and Evaluation). This is a new position.

Since 1981 Mr. Chu has been Director of Program Analysis and Evaluation at the Department of Defense in Washington, DC. Prior to this he was Assistant Director for the National Security and International Affairs Division of the Congressional Budget Office, 1978-1981. He was also an associate head of the economics department for the Rand Corp., 1975-1978, and senior economist, 1970-1978.

Mr. Chu graduated from Yale University (B.A., 1964; M.A., 1965; M. Phil., 1967; Ph.D., 1972). He was born May 28, 1944, in New York, NY. He served in the United States Army, 1968-1970. He is married, has one child, and resides in Washington, DC.