Nomination of Paul Freedenberg To Be an Assistant Secretary of Commerce

The President today announced his intention to nominate Paul Freedenberg to be an Assistant Secretary of Commerce (Trade Administration). He would succeed Lawrence J. Brady.

Since 1981 Mr. Freedenberg has been staff director of the Subcommittee on International Finance and Monetary Policy, U.S. Senate Banking Committee. Previously, he was minority counsel to the International Finance Subcommittee; on the minority professional staff of the U.S. Senate Banking Committee in 1977-1979; minority counsel, U.S. Congress Joint Committee on Defense Production, in 1977.

He graduated from the University of Illinois (B.A., 1965) and the University of Chicago (Ph.D., 1972). He was born February 17, 1943, in Chicago, IL, and now resides in Silver Spring, MD.