The President today announced his intention to nominate Leo P. Duffy, of Pennsylvania, to be an Assistant Secretary of Energy for Environmental Restoration and Waste Management for the Department of Energy. He would succeed Donna R. Fitzpatrick.
Mr. Duffy has served as Director of the Office of Environmental Restoration and Waste Management, 1989 - present; and as Special Assistant to the Secretary for Coordination of Defense Waste Management, 1989. From 1987 to 1989, Mr. Duffy served as general manager of the Westinghouse Waste Technology Service Division for Weston Services, Inc., in Waltz Mills, PA.
Mr. Duffy graduated from New York University (B.S.M.E., 1952). He was born February 19, 1929, in Jersey City, NJ. Mr. Duffy is married, has six children, and resides in West Chester, PA.
Note: This nomination was not received in time for publication in the appropriate issue.
George Bush, Nomination of Leo P. Duffy To Be an Assistant Secretary of Energy Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/266132