Bush taps Parker grad for HUD job
President Bush has chosen a Janesville Parker graduate to take over as head of the government’s housing agency at a time of deep crisis in the industry, administration officials said today.
If confirmed by the Senate, Steve Preston would replace HUD Secretary Alphonso Jackson, who announced his resignation last month amid allegations of political favoritism and a criminal investigation. Jackson’s last day on the job was to be today.
Bush was to nominate Preston, the current administrator of the Small Business Administration, at midday before going to Camp David.
A 1978 Parker graduate, Preston focused on military pension reform in the school’s acclaimed Washington Seminar program. In Janesville, he also attended Washington Elementary and Franklin Junior High.

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