Nomination of Robert H. Gentile To Be Director of the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement

The President today announced his intention to nominate Robert H. Gentile to be Director of the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement at the Department of the Interior. He would succeed Jed Dean Christensen.

Since March 1988 Mr. Gentile has been Acting Director of the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement at the Department of the Interior in Washington, DC. Prior to this he was liaison for coal affairs to the Assistant Secretary for Land and Minerals Management at the Department of the Interior, 1986-1988. He has also served as chief executive officer for the Ohio River Collieries Co., 1982-1986; and president of the N&G Construction Co., 1975-1982. From 1970 to 1975, Mr. Gentile was a Foreign Service officer, serving with the Department of State and the Peace Corps.

Mr. Gentile graduated from Franciscan University of Steubenville, OH (B.A., 1966) and the University of Toledo (B.B.A., 1967; M.B.A., 1969). He was born February 5, 1944, in Steubenville, OH. Mr. Gentile is single and resides in Arlington, VA.