Mary A. Bomar was the 17th Director of the
National Park ServiceThe National Park Service is the U.S. federal agency that manages all national parks, many national monuments, and other conservation and historical properties with various title designations...
of the
United StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. Raised in
LeicesterLeicester is a city and unitary authority area in the East Midlands of England. It is the county town of Leicestershire. The city lies on the River Soar and at the edge of the National Forest...
,
EnglandEngland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the North Sea to the east, with the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
, Bomar became a U.S. citizen in 1977. On September 5, 2006, she was nominated by
George W. BushGeorge Walker Bush was the 43rd President of the United States from 2001 to 2009 and the 46th Governor of Texas from 1995 to 2000....
as the Director of the National Park Service, succeeding
Fran P. MainellaFran P. Mainella was the 16th Director of the National Park Service of the United States and first woman to hold that position. She was appointed by President George W. Bush and confirmed by the U.S. Senate in 2001. She announced her retirement in July 2006 and resigned effective October 15, 2006....
. Following Senate confirmation, she was sworn into office on October 17, 2006 by United States Secretary of the Interior
Dirk KempthorneDirk Arthur Kempthorne , was the U.S. Secretary of the Interior, who served under President George W. Bush from 2006–2009. A Republican, Kempthorne previously served as Governor and as a U.S. Senator from Idaho...
at Independence Square in
Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia is the largest city in Pennsylvania and the sixth-most-populous city in the United States.In 2008, the population of the city proper was estimated to be over 1.4 million, while the metropolitan area's population of 5.8 million made it the country's fifth-largest...
. She retired from federal service on January 20, 2009.
Prior to nomination, Bomar served as the Regional Director for the Park Service's Northeast Region.
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Mary A. Bomar was the 17th Director of the
National Park ServiceThe National Park Service is the U.S. federal agency that manages all national parks, many national monuments, and other conservation and historical properties with various title designations...
of the
United StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. Raised in
LeicesterLeicester is a city and unitary authority area in the East Midlands of England. It is the county town of Leicestershire. The city lies on the River Soar and at the edge of the National Forest...
,
EnglandEngland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the North Sea to the east, with the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
, Bomar became a U.S. citizen in 1977. On September 5, 2006, she was nominated by
George W. BushGeorge Walker Bush was the 43rd President of the United States from 2001 to 2009 and the 46th Governor of Texas from 1995 to 2000....
as the Director of the National Park Service, succeeding
Fran P. MainellaFran P. Mainella was the 16th Director of the National Park Service of the United States and first woman to hold that position. She was appointed by President George W. Bush and confirmed by the U.S. Senate in 2001. She announced her retirement in July 2006 and resigned effective October 15, 2006....
. Following Senate confirmation, she was sworn into office on October 17, 2006 by United States Secretary of the Interior
Dirk KempthorneDirk Arthur Kempthorne , was the U.S. Secretary of the Interior, who served under President George W. Bush from 2006–2009. A Republican, Kempthorne previously served as Governor and as a U.S. Senator from Idaho...
at Independence Square in
Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia is the largest city in Pennsylvania and the sixth-most-populous city in the United States.In 2008, the population of the city proper was estimated to be over 1.4 million, while the metropolitan area's population of 5.8 million made it the country's fifth-largest...
. She retired from federal service on January 20, 2009.
Prior to nomination, Bomar served as the Regional Director for the Park Service's Northeast Region. From 2003 to 2005, Bomar was superintendent of
Independence National Historical ParkIndependence National Historical Park preserves several sites associated with the American Revolution in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States...
, and previously superintendent at
Oklahoma City National MemorialThe Oklahoma City National Memorial is the largest memorial of its kind in the United States. It honors the victims, survivors, rescuers, and all who were changed by the Oklahoma City bombing on April 19, 1995. The memorial is located in downtown Oklahoma City on the former site of the Alfred P....
.
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- National Park Service
The National Park Service is the U.S. federal agency that manages all national parks, many national monuments, and other conservation and historical properties with various title designations...
- Fran P. Mainella
Fran P. Mainella was the 16th Director of the National Park Service of the United States and first woman to hold that position. She was appointed by President George W. Bush and confirmed by the U.S. Senate in 2001. She announced her retirement in July 2006 and resigned effective October 15, 2006....
- 16th Director