Nomination of Frank H. Dunkle To Be Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service

The President today announced his intention to nominate Frank H. Dunkle to be Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior.

He would succeed Robert A. Jantzen. Mr. Dunkle is presently serving as the fish and wildlife services coordinator for the Colorado River endangered fishes project. Previously, he was deputy administrator of the Western energy and land use team in Fort Collins, CO; Special Assistant to the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service in 1983-1984; staff director of the Mountain Plains Federal Regional Council in 1981-1983; executive director of the Montana Republican State Central Committee in 1980-1981; and executive director of the Montana Mining Association in 1978-1980. He was founder and owner of Research Associates in Helena, MT, in 1977-1980.

He graduated from Montana State University (B.S., 1950; M.S., 1955). He is married, has four children, and resides in Lakewood, CO. He was born October 21, 1924, in Oakmont, PA.