Nomination of Michael P.W. Stone To Be an Assistant Secretary of the Army

The President today announced his intention to nominate Michael P.W. Stone to be Assistant Secretary of the Army (Financial Management). He would succeed Pringle P. Hillier.

Since 1984 Mr. Stone has been serving as the Director of Caribbean Basin Initiative Affairs at the U.S. Agency for International Development. From 1982 to 1984, he was Mission Director in Cairo, Egypt. From 1964 to 1982, he worked at the Sterling Vineyards, Napa Valley, CA, in 1973-1982 as president and director and in 1968-1973 as vice president, general manager, and director.

Mr. Stone graduated from Yale University (B.A., 1945) and New York University Law School (1949). He is married, has two children, and resides in Washington, DC. He was born June 2, 1925, in London, England.