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IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 271-97
May 28, 1997

GENERAL OFFICER ANNOUNCEMENT

Secretary of Defense William S. Cohen announced today that the President has nominated Maj. Gen. David J. Kelley, U.S. Army, for appointment to the grade of lieutenant general and assignment as director, Defense Information Systems Agency, Arlington, Va. Since June 1995, he has served as the vice director, Defense Information Systems Agency, Arlington, Va. Kelley was born on Dec. 27, 1943, in Lafayette, La.