Appointment of Danny L. Crippen as Assistant to the President for

The President today announced the appointment of Dr. Danny L. Crippen to be Assistant to the President for Domestic Affairs. He will succeed T. Kenneth Cribb, Jr.

Until July 31, 1988, Dr. Crippen was Deputy Assistant to the President in the Office of the Chief of Staff. He worked on economic, trade policy, and related matters. Dr. Crippen was executive director of the Merrill Lynch Advisory Council from 1985 to 1987. He served as economic adviser and chief counsel for Senator Howard Baker in the Office of the Majority Leader from 1981 to 1984. Prior to that he worked at NASA, the budget office of the State of South Dakota, the Brookings Institution, and conducted research on revenue sharing for the Department of the Treasury.

Dr. Crippen graduated from the University of South Dakota (B.S., 1974) and Ohio State University (M.S., 1976; Ph.D., 1981). He was born March 18, 1952, in Canistota, SD. Dr. Crippen is married and resides in Washington, DC.