Appointment of Frederick D. McClure as Special Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs

The President today announced the appointment of Frederick D. McClure to be a Special Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs (Senate). He will succeed Robert J. Kabel.

Mr. McClure most recently served as Associate Deputy Attorney General at the Department of Justice. Previously he served as legislative director to Senator John Tower (R-TX) in 1983-1984 and as State director and legislative assistant to Senator Tower (1977-1979). In 1981-1983 he was a commercial trial attorney associated with Reynolds, Allen and Cook in Houston, TX.

He graduated from Texas A&M University (B.S., 1976) and Baylor University School of Law (.I.D., 1981). He is married, has two children, and resides in Arlington, VA. He was born February 2, 1954, in Fort Worth, TX.