Appointment of Andrew H. Card, Jr., as Special Assistant to the President for Intergovernmental Affairs
The President today announced his intention to appoint Andrew H. Card, Jr., to be Special Assistant to the President for Intergovernmental Affairs with primary responsibility for liaison with the Nation's Governors. He will succeed James M. Medas, who has been appointed Deputy Assistant Secretary of State in the Bureau of European and Canadian Affairs.
Mr. Card is presently serving as vice president of CMIS Corp., a computer software engineering firm located in Vienna, Va. He served as a representative to the general court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in 1975-1982. He was named one of the Nation's outstanding legislators in 1982 by the National Republican Legislators' Association. In 1982 Mr. Card was a candidate for the Republican nomination for Governor of Massachusetts.
Mr. Card received a bachelor of science degree in engineering from the University of South Carolina and attended the United States Merchant Marine Academy. He is a structural design engineer by profession.
He is married, has three children, and resides in Holbrook, Mass. He was born May 10, 1947.
Ronald Reagan, Appointment of Andrew H. Card, Jr., as Special Assistant to the President for Intergovernmental Affairs Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/245871