Nomination of George S. Dunlop To Be an Assistant Secretary of Agriculture

The President today announced his intention to nominate George S. Dunlop to be an Assistant Secretary of Agriculture (Natural Resources and Environment). He would succeed Peter C. Myers.

Since 1979 Mr. Dunlop has been with the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry as minority staff director, 1979-1981, and is currently chief of staff, a position he has held since 1981. In 1984 he was a member of the U.S. delegation to the General Agreements on Tariffs and Trade in Geneva, and previously he was on the staff of Senator Jesse Helms as a special assistant, 1975-1979, and as a coordinator in his North Carolina office, 1973-1975.

Mr. Dunlop graduated from Catawba College (B.A., 1970) and Lehigh University (M.A., 1972). He is married and resides in Arlington, VA. He was born July 31, 1946, in Charlotte, NC.