Chief Leaving Secret Service for Private Sector Position

Eljay B. Bowron, who as director of the Secret Service directed the closing of Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the White House, will retire next month.

Bowron, 46, a 23-year Secret Service veteran and its 18th director, has accepted a position as president of the security monitoring division of Ameritech, his agency announced. Praising the reforms Bowron instituted during his tenure, President Clinton said he accepted the resignation “with regret.”