VETERANS AFFAIRS

VETERANS AFFAIRS
Nominee
Name: Jim Nicholson.
Age, birth date: 66; Feb. 4, 1938.
Education: Bachelor's degree, United States Military Academy; master's degree in public policy, Columbia University; law degree, University of Denver.
Experience: Eight years as a paratrooper and Army Ranger in Vietnam, earning Bronze Star Medal; 22 years in the Army Reserve, retiring with rank of full colonel; practiced law with firm in Denver until 1978; residential real estate developer with Nicholson Enterprises, Inc. and Renaissance Homes; committeeman from Colorado to the Republican National Committee, 1986-1993; RNC vice chairman, 1993-1997; RNC chairman, 1997-2001; U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See, Vatican City in Rome, 2001-present.
Family: Married, three children.