Nomination of James B. Burnham To Be United States Executive Director of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development

The President today announced his intention to nominate James B. Burnham to be United States Executive Director of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development for a term of 2 years. This is a reappointment.

Since 1982 he has been serving as U.S.. Executive Director of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development at the World Bank. Previously he was special assistant to the Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers in 1981-1982; vice president of the Mellon Bank, N.A., in 1971-1981; and special assistant to Governor Maisel at the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System in 1969-1971.

He graduated from Princeton University (A.B., 1961) and Washington University in St. Louis (Ph.D., 1970). He is married, has four children, and resides in Washington, DC. He was born October 22, 1939, in New York, NY.