Nomination of William Eric Andersen To Be Administrator of the Wage and Hour Division at the Department of Labor

The President today announced his intention to nominate William Eric Andersen to be Administrator of the Wage and Hour Division at the Department of Labor. He would succeed Paula V. Smith.

Currently Mr. Andersen serves as Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Employment Standards Administration at the Department of Labor in Washington, DC. Prior to this he served as an attorney with the law firm of Baker, Worthington, Crossley, Stransberry and Woolf in Johnson City, TN.

Mr. Andersen graduated from the U.S. Military Academy (B.S., 1976) and Vanderbilt Law School (J.D., 1984). He was born September 28, 1954, in Bristol, TN. Mr. Andersen served in the U.S. Army, 1976 - 1981. He is married, has one child, and resides in Washington, DC.