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IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 154-95
March 27, 1995

FLAG OFFICER ANNOUNCEMENT

Secretary of Defense William J. Perry announced today that the President has nominated Rear Admiral Harold M. Koenig, Medical Corps, U.S. Navy, for appointment to the grade of vice admiral and assignment as Chief of the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery and Surgeon General in Washington, D.C. Rear Admiral Koenig is currently serving as Deputy Chief of the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery and Deputy Surgeon General in Washington, D.C.

Rear Admiral Koenig was born February 28, 1943, in Salinas, California.