Appointment of Howard H. Baker, Jr., as a Member of the President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board

The President today announced his intention to appoint Howard H. Baker, Jr., to be a member of the President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board for a term of 2 years. He would succeed Albert D. Wheelon.

Senator Baker is currently associated with Baker, Worthington, Crossley, Stansberry, and Woolf in Huntsville, TN. Prior to this he was Chief of Staff to the President at the White House, 1987-1988. He was a United States Senator from Tennessee, 1966-1985, serving as minority leader, 1977-1981; and majority leader, 1981-1985.

Senator Baker graduated from the University of Tennessee (LL.B., 1949). He was born November 15, 1925, in Huntsville, TN. He served in the United States Navy from 1943 to 1946. He is married, has two children, and resides in Huntsville, TN.