Nomination of Peter C. Myers To Be Deputy Secretary of Agriculture

The President today announced his intention to nominate Peter C. Myers to be Deputy Secretary of Agriculture. He would succeed John R. Norton III.

Since 1985 Mr. Myers has been Assistant Secretary of Agriculture for Natural Resources and Environment. He was Chief of the Soil Conservation Service at the Department of Agriculture, 1982-1985. Previously, he operated his own row crop and livestock farm in southern Missouri, 1955-1982, and he was a commissioned officer in the U.S. Army, 1953-1955.

Mr. Myers graduated from the University of Wisconsin (B.S., 1953). He is married, has five children, and resides in Annandale, VA. Mr. Myers was born January 4, 1931, in Racine, WI.