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Appointment of Pamela J. Turner as Deputy Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs

January 11, 1982

The President today announced his intention to appoint Pamela J. Turner to be Deputy Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs. She will succeed Powell A. Moore.

Ms. Turner is currently serving as Special Assistant for Legislative Affairs. In her new position, she will serve as the President's chief deputy liaison with the United States Senate.

From 1975 to 1981, Ms. Turner served as chief legislative assistant to U.S. Senator John Tower (R-Tex.). From 1967 to 1975, she served as legislative assistant to former U.S. Senator Edward J. Gurney (R-Fla.). From 1966 to 1967, she worked for the Agency for International Development in Washington, D.C. During the 1980 Presidential campaign, Ms. Turner served as assistant to the chairman of the Republican Platform Committee, and also served as a legislative coordinator for the Department of Commerce during the Reagan transition.

Ms. Turner graduated from Indiana University at Bloomington, Ind., in 1966. She is from Indianapolis and now resides in Washington, D.C. She was born October 29, 1944, in Newport, R.I.

Ronald Reagan, Appointment of Pamela J. Turner as Deputy Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/245261

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