
                         THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
                 Copyright (c) 1994, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: WEDNESDAY, June 15, 1994                    TAG: 9406150444 
SECTION: FRONT                     PAGE: A13    EDITION: FINAL  
SOURCE: ASSOCIATED PRESS 
DATELINE: 940615                                 LENGTH: WASHINGTON

PRESIDENT AIRS CHOICE FOR VA JOB

{LEAD} President Clinton plans to nominate the former head of California's Department of Health Services to lead the VA medical system, the nation's largest.

Clinton announced his plans Tuesday to nominate Kenneth W. Kizer. If confirmed by the Senate, Kizer would serve as the Veteran Affairs Department's undersecretary for health.

{REST} Kizer is now head of the department of community and international health at the medical school at the University of California at Davis.

{KEYWORDS} NOMINATION by CNB