Appointment of Alan Greenspan as a Member of the President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board

The President today announced his intention to appoint Alan Greenspan to be a member of the President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board. This is an initial appointment.

Dr. Greenspan is chairman and president of Townsend-Greenspan and Co., Inc., in New York City. He is presently serving as Chairman of the National Commission on Social Security Reform. He is a member of Time magazine's board of economists and a member of the board of overseers of the Hoover Institution (Stanford University). From 1974 to 1977, he served as Chairman of the President's Council of Economic Advisers in Washington under President Ford. He served on the Executive Committee of the Economic Policy Board and the Domestic Council, the White House, in 1974-1977; the National Commission on Supplies and Shortages in 1974-1977; the Commission on an All-Volunteer Armed Force in 1969-1970; and the Task Force on Economic Growth in 1969.

He graduated from New York University (B.S., 1948; M.A., 1950; Ph.D., 1977). He resides in New York City and was born March 6, 1926.