October 19, 2001

Bush Nominates Key Positions at HHS, VA, Education

President Bush Oct. 16 announced his intention to nominate Eve Slater, M.D., to be Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services for Health; Robert Roswell. M.D., to be VA Under Secretary for Health; and Sally Stroup to be Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education at the Department of Education.

Dr. Slater is currently Senior Vice President for Clinical and Regulatory Development at Merck Research Laboratories. A graduate of Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, Dr. Slater has also served as Chief of the Hypertension Unit at Massachusetts General Hospital. Dr. Roswell is currently Director of Veterans Integrated Service Network (VISN) 8, which covers Florida and Puerto Rico. He also serves as a Professor in the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health at the University of South Florida College of Public Health and is a graduate of Oklahoma University Medical School. Ms. Stroup is currently the chief Washington Lobbyist for the University of Phoenix. She previously served as a senior aide to former Representative William Goodling (R-Pa.) when he was chairman of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.