Nomination of Roger Dale Semerad To Be an Assistant Secretary of Labor

The President today announced his intention to nominate Roger Dale Semerad to be an Assistant Secretary of Labor (Employment and Training). He would succeed Frank C. Casillas.

Mr. Semerad is presently serving as executive vice president of the Brookings Institution. Previously he was chairman and president of Semerad Associates, Inc. He was executive secretary to the Policy Advisory Councils of the Republican National Committee in 1977-1980; executive director of the Committee on Resolutions of the 1980 Republican National Convention in 1979-1980; and a member of the National Advisory Council on Vocational Education in 1976-1979.

Mr. Semerad graduated from Union College (B.A., 1962). He is married, has one child, and resides in Kensington, MD. He was born September 9, 1940, in Troy, NY.