Nomination of William G. Rosenberg To Be an Assistant Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency

The President today announced his intention to nominate William G. Rosenberg to be Assistant Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency for Air and Radiation. He would succeed J. Craig Potter.

Since 1982 Mr. Rosenberg has been chairman of the Investment Group in Ann Arbor, MI, and Washington, DC. Prior to this he was president of Rosenberg, Freeman and Associates, 1977 - 1982. He was Assistant Administrator for Energy Resource Development at the Federal Energy Administration, 1975 - 1977, and chairman of the State regulatory commission of the Michigan Public Service Commission, 1973 - 1975. Mr. Rosenberg was executive director for the Michigan State Housing Development Authority, 1969 - 1973, and an attorney with the law firm of Honigman, Miller, Schwartz, and Cohn in Detroit, MI, 1965 - 1969.

Mr. Rosenberg graduated from Syracuse University (B.A., 1961), Columbia University School of Law (J.D., 1965), and Columbia University Graduate School of Business (M.B.A., 1965). He was born December 25, 1940, in New York City. He is married, has three children, and resides in Chelsea, MI.