Appointment of Robert E. Allen as a Member of the President's National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee

The President today appointed Robert E. Allen to be a member of the President's National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee. He would succeed James E. Olsen.

Since 1988 Mr. Allen has been chairman and chief executive officer for AT&T in New York City. Prior to this, he was president and chief operating officer for AT&T, 1986-1988; chairman and chief executive officer of AT&T Information Systems, 1985-1986; and executive vice president for corporate administration and finance, 1984-1985.

Mr. Allen graduated from Wabash College (B.A., 1957). He was born January 25, 1935, in Joplin, MO. He is married, has five children, and resides in Short Hills, NJ.