Nomination of Susan Meredith Phillips To Be a Commissioner of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission

The President today announced his intention to nominate Susan Meredith Phillips to be a Commissioner of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission for the term expiring April 13, 1985. She would succeed Read P. Dunn, Jr.

Since 1978 Dr. Phillips has been an associate professor with the finance department of the University of Iowa. She served as interim assistant vice president of finance and university services in 1979-80. Since 1980 she has been associate vice president of finance and university services. Dr. Phillips was a Brookings economic policy fellow in 1976-77, an SEC economic fellow in 1977-78, and directorate of economic and policy research, Securities and Exchange Commission. She was an assistant professor at the University of Iowa in 1974-78 and at Louisiana State University in 1973-74.

Dr. Phillips graduated from Agnes Scott College (B.A., 1967) and Louisiana State University (M.S., 1971; Ph.D., 1973). She resides in Iowa City, Iowa. She was born December 23, 1944, in Richmond, Va.