Nomination of Frederick M. Bernthal To Be an Assistant Secretary of State

The President today announced his intention to nominate Frederick M. Bernthal to he Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientitle Affairs. He would succeed John Dimitri Negroponte.

Since 1983 Dr. Bernthal has been Commissioner for the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission in Washington, DC. Prior to this, he was chief legislative assistant for U.S. Senator Howard Baker, 1980-1983, and legislative assistant, 1978-1979. He was associate professor of chemistry and physics at Michigan State University, 1975-1978, and assistant professor, 1970-1975. Dr. Bernthal was visiting scientist for Niels Bohr Institute at the University of Copenhagen, 1976-1977, and staff postdoctoral scientist at Yale University, 1969-1970.

Dr. Bernthal graduated from Valparaiso University (B.S., 1964) and the University of California at Berkeley (Ph.D., 1969). He was born January 10, 1943, in Sheridan, WY. He is married, has one child, and resides in Washington, DC.