Appointment of Frieda K. Wallison as a Member of the National Council on Public Works Improvement

The President today announced his intention to appoint Frieda K. Wallison to be a member of the National Council on Public Works Improvement. This is a new position.

Mrs. Wallison is an attorney and partner in the law firm of Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue in Washington, DC. Previously, she was a partner in the firm of Rogers & Wells in 1978-1983; executive director and general counsel of the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board in 1975-1978; a special counsel in the Division of Market Regulation at the Securities and Exchange Commission in 1975; and was with the firm of Carter, Ledyard & Milburn in New York City in 1966-1975.

She graduated from Smith College (A.B., 1963) and Harvard Law School (LL.B., 1966). She is married, has three children, and resides in Bethesda, MD. She was born January 15, 1943, in New York, NY.