Appointment of Mary L. Walker as a United States Commissioner of the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission

The President today announced his intention to appoint Mary L. Walker to be a U.S. Commissioner of the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission. She would succeed Wymberley Coerr.

Since 1988 Ms. Walker has been a special consultant to the chairman of the Law Engineering Co. in Atlanta, GA. Prior to this she was an Assistant Secretary of Environment, Safety and Health at the Department of Energy, 1985-1987, and Deputy Solicitor at the Department of the Interior, 1984-1985.

Ms. Walker graduated from the University of California at Berkeley (A.B., 1970) and Boston University Law School (J.D., 1973). She was born December 1, 1948, in Dayton, OH. She is married, has one child, and resides in Honolulu, HI.