Nomination of Susan S. Suter To Be Commissioner of the Rehabilitation Services Administration at the Department of Education

The President today announced his intention to nominate Susan S. Suter to be Commissioner of the Rehabilitation Services Administration at the Department of Education. She would succeed Justin W. Dart, Jr.

Since 1984 Mrs. Suter has been director for the Illinois Department of Rehabilitation Services in Springfield, IL; and executive associate director of the Illinois Department of Rehabilitation Services, 1982-1984. Prior to this, she was State coordinator for the International Year of Disabled Persons for the State of Illinois, Office of the Governor, 1981-1982; director of community services for the Illinois Developmental Disabilities Advocacy Authority (IDDAA), 1980-1981; and developmental disabilities planning specialist for the Governor's planning council on developmental disabilities, 1979-1980.

Mrs. Suter graduated from the University of Illinois (B.S., 1972) and Eastern Illinois University (M.S., 1984). She was born April 16, 1950, in Evanston, IL. She is married, has one child, and resides in Springfield, IL.