FOR RELEASE: June 23, 1994                  CONTACT:   Tom DeRocco
                                                    (202) 208-3983


          GOTTLIEB CHOSEN TO HEAD ALASKA MMS REGIONAL OFFICE
(#40044)

      The Director of the Interior Department's Minerals Management
Service (MMS), Tom Fry, today announced the selection of Judy
Gottlieb as Director of the MMS Alaska Region.  Presently the
Associate Regional Director for Administration for the National
Park Service Alaska Region, Gottlieb will begin her new assignment
July 11.

      "Judy Gottlieb's career with the Interior Department spans
some 20 years," said Fry, "with most of it spent in Alaska with MMS
working in increasingly responsible positions. 

      "She is dynamic, hard-working and very knowledgable about the
many issues MMS faces in Alaska; we feel fortunate to have her back
with us," Fry said. 

      Gottlieb has a B.S. from Boston University, a M.S. from the
University of Maryland, and has completed the Senior Executive
Service Candidate Development Program.  She also holds the
Meritorius Service Award, the second highest award the Interior
Department can grant to career employees.

      The Minerals Management Service manages and regulates the
nation's natural gas, oil and other mineral resources on the Outer
Continental Shelf, and collects and disburses royalties from
offshore mineral leases and from onshore mineral leases on federal
and Indian lands. 

                               -MMS-

Subject: PR-06/23/94 Alaska Region/Gottlieb Chosen to Head Alaska
MMS Regional Office (#40044)