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CAPTAIN MICHAEL J. DONOHOE 

 U.S. COAST GUARD 



Captain Donohoe is presently serving as the Chief, Marine 

 Environmental Protection Division, Coast Guard Headquarters, 

 Washington, DC, where he Is the manager for the Coast Guard's 

 Marine Environmental Protection Program, and heading the primary 

 office charged with Implementing the Oil Pollution Act of 1990. 

 He has had a variety of operational and staff assignments in his 

 20-year career. After graduation from Wheeling College in 1971 

 he entered Officer Candidate Training and was commissioned in 

 January 1972. Captain Donohoe was initially assigned to Coast 

 Guard Group Mobile, Alabama as Assistant Operations and Port 

 Safety Officer, followed by assignments as Executive Officer of 

 the National Strike Force's Gulf Strike Team, Executive Officer 

 of MSO Louisville, Graduate School, a tour on the Planning Staff 

 of the Chief, Office of Merchant Marine Safety, a Program 

 Reviewer in the Office of the Chief of Staff, and the Commanding 

 Officer of MSO Memphis, Tennessee. 



Captain Donohoe was awarded a Master of Public Administration 

 Degree from Harvard University in 1983. His military decorations 

 include 2 Meritorious Service Medals, Five Coast Guard 

 Commendation Medals, and 1 Coast Guard Achievement Medal, all 

 with operational distinguishing devices. He was awarded the 

 Southwest Asia Service and Kuwaiti Liberation Medal for service 

 in responding to the DESERT STORM Oil Spill during the Persian 

 Gulf war. 



He is married, has 5 children, and wishes he had more time for 

 running and returning phone calls. 



