Nomination of Clarence J. Brown To Be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation

September 20, 1988

The President today announced his intention to nominate Clarence J. Brown to be a member of the Board of Directors of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation, U.S. International Development Cooperation Agency, for a term expiring December 17, 1990. He would succeed Richard F. Hohlt.

Mr. Brown was Deputy Secretary of Commerce at the Department of Commerce in Washington, DC, 1983 - 1987. From 1965 to 1983, he was a Member of the House of Representatives for the Seventh District of Ohio. Mr. Brown was editor and publisher of several Ohio newspapers from 1949 to 1965, when he became president and chairman of the board of the Brown Publishing Co. Since 1978 he has served on the advisory board of the Georgetown University Center for Strategic and International Studies and the advisory council of the American Enterprise Institute study of government regulation.

Mr. Brown graduated from Duke University (B.A., 1947) and Harvard University (M.B.A., 1949). He was born June 18, 1927, in Columbus, OH. He served in the U.S. Navy, 1944 - 1946, and the Reserves, 1950 - 1952. He is married, has three children, and resides in Washington, DC.

Designation of James P. Moore, Jr., as a Member of the Board of Directors of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation

September 20, 1988

The President today announced his intention to designate James P. Moore, Jr., to be a member of the Board of Directors of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation, U.S. International Development Cooperation Agency. He would succeed Charles E. Cobb, Jr.

Since July 1988 Mr. Moore has been Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Trade Development. Prior to this, he was Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce for International Economic Policy, 1986 - 1988, and Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Trade Information and Analysis, 1983 - 1985. Since 1984 he has also served as head of the U.S. delegation to the Industry Committee of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development in Paris, France.

Mr. Moore graduated from Rutgers University (B.A., 1975) and the University of Pittsburgh (M.A., 1976). He was born April 24, 1953, in Joliet, IL, and currently resides in Arlington, VA.