Nomination of Charles G. Untermeyer To Be an Associate Director of the United States Information Agency and Director of the Voice of America

The President today announced his intention to nominate Charles Graves Untermeyer, of Texas, to be an Associate Director of the United States Information Agency for Broadcasting and Director of the Voice of America. He would succeed Richard W. Carlson.

Since 1989, Mr. Untermeyer has served as Assistant to the President and Director of Presidential Personnel at the White House in Washington, DC. Prior to this, he served as Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Manpower and Reserve Affairs, 1984 - 1988; Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Installations & Facilities, 1983 - 1984; and as Executive Assistant to Vice President Bush, 1980 - 1983. From 1976 to 1980, Mr. Untermeyer served as a member of the Texas House of Representatives. Mr. Untermeyer also served as a political reporter for the Houston Chronicle and executive assistant to County Judge Jon Lindsay in Houston, TX.

Mr. Untermeyer graduated from Harvard University (B.A., 1968). He was born March 7, 1946, in Long Branch, NJ. Mr. Untermeyer served in the U.S. Navy, 1968 - 1970. Mr. Untermeyer is married and resides in Washington, DC.