Nomination of Dennis Miles Kass To Be an Assistant Secretary of Labor

The President today announced his intention to nominate Dennis Miles Kass to be an Assistant Secretary of Labor. He would succeed Donald L. Dotson.

Mr. Kass is managing director of the Equitable Investment and Management Corp. in New York City. Previously he was vice president of Dean Witter Reynolds, Inc., in 1982-1983. He served at the White House as Special Assistant to the President for Policy Development and Executive Secretary of the Cabinet Council on Commerce and Trade in 1981-1982. In 1977-1980 he served as manager for corporate finance, energy industry, at Citicorp Investment Bank.

He graduated from Principia College (B.A., 1972) and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.S., 1977). He is married, has two children, and resides in Rye, NY. He was born October 5, 1950, in Englewood, N.J.