Appointment of Eight Members to the Council of the Administrative Conference of the United States, and Designation of Vice Chairman

The President today announced the appointment of the following individuals to be members of the Council of the Administrative Conference of the United States. The President also designated Richard S. Williamson as Vice Chairman.

Marie S. Fowler, Chairman, Federal Communications Commission

Michael R. Gardner, partner, Bracewell & Patterson of Washington, D.C.

Edith Dinneen Hakola, vice president, general counsel, and treasurer of the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, Springfield, Va.

James C Miller III, Chairman, Federal Trade Commission

T. Timothy Ryan, Jr., Solicitor, Department of Labor

Edward C. Schmults, Deputy Attorney General, Department of Justice

Edward L. Weidenfeld, partner, McKenna, Conner & Cunco of Washington, D.C.

Richard S. Williamson, Assistant to the President for Intergovernmental Affairs, The White House