Nomination of Kenneth P. Bergquist To Be an Assistant Secretary of the Navy

The President today announced his intention to nominate Kenneth P. Bergquist to be an Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Manpower and Reserve Affairs) at the Department of Defense. He would succeed Charles G. Untermeyer.

Since 1986 Mr. Bergquist has been Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Legislative Affairs at the Department of Justice. Prior to this, he was Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army (Readiness, Force Management, and Training) at the Department of Defense, 1983-1986, and Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army (Reserve Affairs and Mobilization), 1982-1983. He was chief counsel and staff director for the Committee on Veterans' Affairs of the United States Senate, 1981-1982, and minority counsel and staff director for the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 1980-1981. Mr. Bergquist was also legislative counsel for the office of Senator Alan K. Simpson, 1979-1980, and an operational intelligence officer for the Central Intelligence Agency, 1977-1979.

Mr. Bergquist graduated from Stanford University (B.A., 1967) and the University of Texas School of Law (J.D., 1977). He was born April 12, 1944, in Washington, DC. He served in the United States Army from 1967 to 1974, receiving a Silver Star, 6 Bronze Stars, and 2 Purple Hearts. He is married, has two children, and resides in McLean, VA.