Nomination of Bill D. Colvin To Be Inspector General of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration

The President today announced his intention to nominate Bill D. Colvin to be Inspector General, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). He would succeed June Gibbs Brown.

Mr. Colvin is currently serving as Acting Inspector General and Deputy Inspector General of NASA. Previously he served as Assistant Inspector General for Technical Services at NASA in 1983-1984. Prior to that time, he was supervisory special agent at the Federal Bureau of Investigation in 1972-1983; head of the data processing department at Western Wyoming College in 1971-1972; and computer systems analyst at Eastern New Mexico College in 1966-1971. He graduated from Eastern New Mexico University (B.B.A., 1969; M.B.A., 1971). He is married, has two children, and resides in Fredericksburg, VA.

He was born June 7, 1940, in Clovis, NM.