Appointment of Andrew H. Card, Jr., as Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of the Office of Intergovernmental Affairs

The President today announced the appointment of Andrew H. Card, Jr., to be Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of the Office of Intergovernmental Affairs at the White House. He would succeed Gwendolyn S. King.

Mr. Card is presently serving as a senior consultant on Vice President George Bush's Presidential campaign. He served at the White House previously as Special Assistant to the President for Intergovernmental Affairs, working primarily with the Nation's Governors. Prior to this he was vice president of CMIS Corp., a computer software engineering firm located in Vienna, VA. He served as a representative to the General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in 1975-1982 and was named one of the Nation's outstanding legislators in 1982 by the National Republican Legislators' Association. In 1982 Mr. Card was a candidate for the Republican nomination for Governor of Massachusetts.

Mr. Card received a bachelor of science degree in engineering from the University of South Carolina and attended the United States Merchant Marine Academy. He was born May 10, 1947. He is married, has three children, and resides in Springfield, VA.