Nomination of Francis J. Duggan To Be an Assistant Secretary of Labor

The President today announced his intention to nominate Francis J. Duggan to be an Assistant Secretary of Labor (Congressional Affairs) at the Department of Labor. He would succeed William John Maroni.

Since 1987 Mr. Duggan has been a senior legislative manager at the Department of the Treasury in Washington, DC. Prior to this he was assistant vice president for taxation at the Association of American Railroads, 1978-1987. He was also an executive assistant to Senator Charles C. Mathias, Jr., 1977-1978; executive assistant to the Assistant Secretary for Labor Management Relations, 1976-1977; and a consultant in the Office of the Secretary of Labor, and executive assistant to the Under Secretary of Labor, 1976.

Mr. Duggan graduated from St. John's College (B.A., 1959). He was born April 15, 1938, in Brooklyn, NY. He served in the U.S. Navy Reserve, 1959-1961. Mr. Duggan has three children and resides in Alexandria, VA.