Nomination of George MacKenzie Rast To Be a Commissioner of the United States Parole Commission

The President today announced his intention to nominate George MacKenzie Rast to be a Commissioner of the United States Parole Commission, Department of Justice, for a term of 6 years. He would succeed Paula A. Tennant.

Since 1982 Mr. Rast has been with the law firm of Mahoney Adams Milan Surface & Grimsley in Jacksonville, FL. Previously, he was special counsel to the president of Hillsdale College in Michigan, 1981-1982; assistant State's attorney, fourth judicial circuit of Florida, 1976-1981; an attorney in private practice in Leesburg, FL, 1975-1976; and assistant State's attorney, fifth judicial circuit of Florida, 1970-1974.

Mr. Rast graduated from the University of South Florida (B.A., 1965) and the University of Florida, Gainesville (J.D., 1969). He is married, has two children, and resides in Orange Park, FL. Mr. Rast was born October 20, 1939, in Leesburg, FL.