Appointment of William H. Morris, Jr., as Commerce Department Member of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe

The President today announced his intention to appoint William H. Morris, Jr., to be the Department of Commerce member of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe. He would succeed Herta L. Seidman.

Mr. Morris is currently Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Trade Development. Previously, he was president of William Morris and Associates, consultants in business management, government relations, and international marketing in 1980-81. In 1979-80 he was deputy commissioner of economic and community development for the State of Tennessee. Mr. Morris was executive vice president, Southern Supply Co., Jackson, Tenn., in 1977-79. He was with the Gooch-Edenton Wholesale Hardware Co., Jackson, Tenn., in 1950-76.

He attended the University of Tennessee. He is married, has two children, and resides in Nashville, Tenn. He was born January 5, 1929, in Memphis, Tenn.