Appointment of Richard W. Snyder as a Member of the Advisory Committee for Trade Policy and Negotiations

The President today announced his intention to appoint Richard W. Snyder to be a member of the Advisory Committee for Trade Policy and Negotiations for a term of 2 years. He would succeed Eleanor Lyons Williams III.

Since 1982, Mr. Snyder has been the founder, chairman, and chief executive officer of SnyderGeneral Corp. in Dallas, TX. Prior to this, he was corporate vice president of the climate control division for the Singer Co., 1979-1982.

Mr. Snyder graduated from Indiana University (B.S., 1960) and the University of Detroit (M.B.A., 1965). He was born April 12, 1938, in Kansas City, MO. He is married, has three children, and resides in Dallas, TX.