THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
(Cartagena, Colombia)
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For Immediate Release August 30,
2000
PRESIDENT CLINTON NAMES ROBERT B. PIRIE, JR. AS UNDER SECRETARY OF THE NAVY
The President today announced his intent to nominate Robert B. Pirie,
Jr. as
Under Secretary of the Navy at the Department of Defense (DOD).
Mr. Robert B. Pirie, Jr., of Bethesda, Maryland, is currently the
Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Installations and Environment and has
served in this position since March of 1994. He was nominated to be
Assistant Secretary for Manpower, Reserve Affairs and Logistics at the
Department of Defense by President Carter in December 1978 and served in
that position until January 1981. In 1977, Mr. Pirie became Principal
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Manpower, Reserve Affairs and Logistics at
the Department of Defense. Mr. Pirie came to DOD with over thirty years
of experience in defense-related work in the armed forces, civil service
and industry. He served twenty years as a naval officer, culminating with
three years in command of a nuclear attack submarine. Upon retirement from
the Navy in 1975, Mr. Pirie joined the newly formed Congressional Budget
Office as Deputy Assistant Director for National Security.
Mr. Pirie graduated from the Naval Academy in 1955. He was a Rhodes
Scholar and attended Oxford University from 1956 to 1959.
The Under Secretary of the Navy is the number two civilian official in
the Department of the Navy. The Under Secretary coordinates the day-to-day
activities of the Navy, in effect acting as the chief operation officer of
the service. He also represents and acts for the Secretary of the Navy in
his or her absence.
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