Appointment of Richard Norman Perle as Defense Department Member of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe

The President today announced his intention to appoint Richard Norman Perle to be the Department of Defense member of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe. He would succeed David E. McGiffert.

Mr. Perle is currently Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Planning. Previously, he was professional staff member, Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, and a staff member, Subcommittee on Arms Control, in 1972-80. He was with Senator Henry M. Jackson (D-Wash.) in 1972, and was a member, professional staff, Senate Subcommittee on National Security and International Operations, in 1969-72. He was a consultant to the Special Assistant to the Secretary of Defense in 1969 and was employed with the Westinghouse Electric Corp., 1967-69.

He graduated from the University of California (B.A., 1964) and Princeton University (M.A, 1967). He is married, has one son, and resides in Chevy Chase, Md. He was born September 16, 1941, in New York, N.Y.