Appointment of Two Members of the Advisory Committee for Trade Negotiations

The President today announced his intention to appoint the following individuals to be members of the Advisory Committee for Trade Negotiations for a term of 2 years:

Tatiana Brandt Copeland is a reappointment. Since 1980 she has been president of Tebec Associates Limited, a consulting firm in the field of national and international taxation, in Wilmington, DE. Previously she was employed with E.I. DuPont de Nemours as manager of the international department (1975-1980). She graduated from the University of California at Los Angeles (B.S., 1964) and the University of California at Berkeley (M.B.A., 1966). She is married and resides in Greenville, DE. She was born February 23, 1941, in Dresden, Germany.

Donald E. Petersen will succeed Philip Caldwell. He has been president and chief operating officer of Ford Motor Co. since 1980. He has been a member of the company's board of directors since September 1977. Prior to his present position, he was executive vice president, Ford international automotive operations. He joined Ford Motor Co. in 1949. He graduated from the University of Washington (B.A., 1946) and Stanford University (M.B.A., 1949). He is married and resides in Bloomfield Hills, MI. He was born September 4, 1926, in Pipestone, MN.