Nomination of Frank DeGeorge To Be Inspector General of the Department of Commerce

The President today announced his intention to nominate Frank DeGeorge to be Inspector General of the Department of Commerce. He would succeed Sherman Maxwell Funk.

Since 1982 Mr. DeGeorge has been Deputy Inspector General at the Department of Commerce in Washington, DC. Prior to this he was Associate Deputy Administrator for Administration at the Veterans Administration, 1981-1982. He was Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Conservation and Renewable Energy at the Department of Energy, 1980-1981, and Deputy Chief Financial Officer, 1979-1980.

Mr. DeGeorge graduated from La Salle College (B.S., 1951) and completed graduate studies at the University of Delaware (1954-1955). He was born September 18, 1929, in Philadelphia, PA. He served in the United States Marine Corps, 1951-1953. He is married, has four children, and resides in College Park, MD.