Nomination of W. Allen Wallis To Be Alternate United States Governor of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the Inter-American Development Bank

The President today announced his intention to nominate W. Allen Wallis to be United States Alternate Governor of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development for a term of 5 years, and to be United States Alternate Governor of the Inter-American Development Bank for a term of 5 years. This is a reappointment.

Since 1982 Mr. Wallis has been Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs at the Department of State in Washington, DC. Prior to this he served at the University of Rochester as chancellor, 1970-1982, and president, 1962-1970. Mr. Wallis was also with the University of Chicago, serving as dean of the graduate school of business, 1956-1962, and as chairman of the department of statistics, 1949-1957. He has also worked at the National Bureau of Economic Research, the Ford Foundation, and the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences.

Mr. Wallis graduated from the University of Minnesota (A.B., 1932). He was born November 5, 1912, in Philadelphia, PA. He is married, has two children, and resides in Washington, DC.