Nomination of Grant C. Peterson To Be an Associate Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency

The President today announced his intention to nominate Grant C. Peterson to be an Associate Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (State and Local Programs and Support). He would succeed Samuel W. Speck, Jr.

Since 1982 Mr. Peterson has been Spokane County Commissioner in Spokane, WA. From 1979 to 1981, he was president of Town & Country Television, Inc., in Cheney, WA. Mr. Peterson was vice president of G&G Television, Inc., in Spokane, WA, 1967-1970.

Mr. Peterson graduated from Eastern Washington University (B.A., 1974). He served in the United States Air Force, 1961-1966. Mr. Peterson was born April 21, 1940, in Whitehall, MT. He is married, has two children, and currently resides in Cheney, WA.