Nomination of Michael Paul Galvin To Be an Assistant Secretary of Commerce

The President today announced his intention to nominate Michael Paul Galvin to be an Assistant Secretary of Commerce (Export Administration). He would succeed Michael E. Zacharia.

Since 1978 Mr. Galvin has been a partner with the law firm of Winston   Strawn in Chicago, IL. He has served as president of the National Strategy Forum and has been involved in various civic and political activities.

Mr. Galvin graduated from Boston College (B.S., 1974) and Illinois Institute of Technology/Chicago-Kent College of Law (J.D., 1978). He was born July 8, 1952. He is married, has two children, and resides in Chicago, IL.