The President today announced his intention to nominate S. Anthony McCann to be an Assistant Secretary of Veterans Affairs (Finance and Planning). This is a new position.
Since 1986 Dr. McCann has been Assistant Secretary of Management and Budget at the Department of Health and Human Services in Washington, DC. Prior to this he was senior health analyst and division leader for the Committee on the Budget of the United States Senate, 1985 - 1986, and a staff member for the Committee on the Budget of the United States Senate, 1981 - 1985.
Dr. McCann graduated from Lake Forest College (B.A., 1966) and Syracuse University (M.A., 1969; Ph.D., 1972).
George Bush, Nomination of S. Anthony McCann To Be an Assistant Secretary of Veterans Affairs Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/263298