Howard Magwire was selected as the deputy administrator for poultry programs in the Agricultural Marketing Service.

From February 2001 until his selection Magwire served as the acting deputy administrator for poultry programs in AMS. He was the associate deputy administrator for poultry programs from 1989-2001. From 1986-89 he was assistant chief of the Grading Branch in AMS’s Poultry Programs. From 1976-86 he served at AMS headquarters in Washington, DC, as the national supervisor of the agency’s egg products inspection program, a function which is now part of the mission of the Food Safety and Inspection Service.

Magwire worked as a supervisory egg products inspector in AMS’s regional office in Chicago, Ill., from 1972-76. He began his full-time career with AMS as an egg products inspector in Oskaloosa, Iowa in 1971, after having worked for AMS during 1968-69 as a part-time and seasonal lab technician in Wakefield, Neb., while still in college.

A native of Wakefield, Neb., Magwire holds a B.S. degree in chemistry from Wayne State College in Wayne, Neb.

Michael Holbrook, the previous deputy administrator for poultry programs in AMS, served in that position from 1988 until he retired in February 2001, following 31 years of federal service. •