Nominations Submitted to the Senate, Week Ending Friday, July 29, 2005

The following list does not include promotions of members of the Uniformed Services, nominations to the Service Academies, or nominations of Foreign Service officers.

Submitted July 25

Jennifer L. Dorn, of Nebraska, to be U.S. Alternate Executive Director of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development for a term of 2 years, vice Robert B. Holland III, term expired.

C. Boyden Gray, of the District of Columbia, to be Representative of the United States of America to the European Union, with the rank and status of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary.

Richard Henry Jones, of Nebraska, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, class of Career Minister, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Israel.

Francis Joseph Ricciardone, Jr., of New Hampshire, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, class of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Arab Republic of Egypt.

Darlene F. Williams, of Texas, to be an Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, vice Dennis C. Shea, resigned., Martin J. Gruenberg, of Maryland, to be a member of the Board of Directors of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation for a term expiring December 27, 2012 (reappointment).

Submitted July 27

Sandra Frances Ashworth, of Idaho, to be a member of the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science for a term expiring July 19, 2009 (reappointment)., Jan Cellucci, of Massachusetts, to be a member of the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science for a term expiring July 19, 2009, vice Joan Challinor, term expired.

Keith E. Gottfried, of California, to be General Counsel of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, vice Richard A. Hauser, resigned.

Alfred Hoffman, of Florida, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Portugal.

Bertha K. Madras, of Massachusetts, to be Deputy Director for Demand Reduction, Office of National Drug Control Policy, vice Andrea G. Barthwell.

Diane Rivers, of Arkansas, to be a member of the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science for a term expiring July 19, 2009, vice Jack E. Hightower, term expired., Mark S. Schneider, of the District of Columbia, to be Commissioner of Education Statistics for a term expiring June 21, 2009, vice Robert Lerner.

Submitted July 28

Roland Arnall, of California, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

Joseph Frank Bianco, of New York, to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of New York, vice Denis R. Hurley, retired.

Timothy Mark Burgess, of Alaska, to be U.S. District Judge for the District of Alaska, vice James K. Singleton, Jr., retired.

George M. Gray, of Massachusetts, to be an Assistant Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, vice J. Paul Gilman, resigned.

Christine M. Griffin, of Massachusetts, to be a member of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission for a term expiring July 1, 2009, vice Paul Steven Miller, term expired.

Emil W. Henry, Jr., of New York, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, vice Wayne Abernathy.

Kathryn Higgins, of South Dakota, to be a member of the National Transportation Safety Board for a term expiring December 31, 2009, vice Carol Jones Carmody, resigned.

William E. Kovacic, of Virginia, to be a Federal Trade Commissioner for a term of 7 years from September 26, 2004, vice Orson Swindle, resigned.

Barry F. Lowenkron, of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, vice Lorne W. Craner, resigned.

Harry Sandlin Mattice, Jr., of Tennessee, to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Tennessee, vice R. Allan Edgar, retiring.

William Paul McCormick, of Oregon, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to New Zealand, and to serve concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Samoa.

Edward McGaffigan, Jr., of Virginia, to be a member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for the term of 5 years expiring June 30, 2010 (reappointment).

James F.X. O’Gara, of Pennsylvania, to be Deputy Director for Supply Reduction, Office of National Drug Control Policy, vice Barry D. Crane.

John J. Young, Jr., of Virginia, to be Director of Defense Research and Engineering, vice Ronald M. Sega.

Submitted July 29

John G. Roberts, Jr., of Maryland, to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, vice Sandra Day O’Connor, retiring.

Naomi Churchill Earp, of Virginia, to be a member of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission for a term expiring July 1, 2010 (reappointment).

Robert Joseph Henke, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Veterans Affairs (Management), vice William H. Campbell, resigned., Mark Hofflund, of Idaho, to be a member of the National Council on the Arts for the remainder of the term expiring September 3, 2008, vice James McBride, resigned.

Franklin L. Lavin, of Ohio, to be Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade, vice Grant D. Aldonas, resigned.

Terry Neese, of Oklahoma, to be Director of the Mint for a term of 5 years, vice Henrietta Holsman Fore.

Francis Rooney, of Florida, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Holy See.

Josette Sheeran Shiner, of Virginia, to be United States Alternate Governor of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development for a term of 5 years; United States Alternate Governor of the Inter-American Development Bank for a term of 5 years; United States Alternate Governor of the African Development Bank for a term of 5 years; United States Alternate Governor of the African Development Fund; United States Alternate Governor of the Asian Development Bank; and United States Alternate Governor of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, vice Alan Phillip Larson.

William F. Tuerk, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary of Veterans Affairs for Memorial Affairs, vice John W. Nicholson, resigned.

Withdrawn July 29

Albert Henry Konetzni, Jr., of New York, to be a member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for the term of 5 years expiring June 30, 2009, vice Richard A. Meserve, resigned, which was sent to the Senate on January 4, 2005.