Nomination of Alfred Hugh Kingon To Be an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury

The President today announced his intention to nominate Alfred Hugh Kingon to be an Assistant Secretary of Treasury (Policy Planning and Communications). He would succeed Ann Dore McLaughlin.

Since 1983 Mr. Kingon has been serving as Assistant Secretary for International Economic Policy at the Department of Commerce. Previously he was with Macro Communications, Inc., in New York City, serving as editor in chief of Saturday Review (1980-1982), and Financial World (1973-1983) and editor of Money & Credit (1970-1973). He was portfolio manager for the Businessman's Fund in 1969-1971; security analyst, vice president and director of research for Scheinman, Hochstin & Trotta in 1967-1969; and investment adviser with Burnham & Co. in 1963-1967. He was a member of the Executive Committee of the President's Private Sector Survey for Cost Control Task Force and the President's National Productivity Advisory Committee.

Mr. Kingon graduated from Union College (B.S., 1953) and attended New York University Graduate School of Business Administration in 1956-1961. He is married, has one child, and resides in Chevy Chase, MD. He was born May 11, 1931, in Brooklyn, NY.