Appointment of Benjamin Frank as a Member of the Advisory Committee for Trade Negotiations

The President today announced his intention to appoint Benjamin Frank to be a member of the Advisory Committee for Trade Negotiations for a term of 2 years. This is a reappointment.

Since 1971 Mr. Frank has been with Allied Stores Corp. and is currently senior vice president. He served as executive vice president of the Hament Corp. in 1969-1971 and deputy commissioner of the Office of General Services of the State of New York in 1967-1969. He was in the private practice of law with the firm of Dubow, Frank & Dubow in New York in 1963-1967.

He graduated from Boston University (B.Sc., 1958) and New York University School of Law (J.D., 1961). He is married, has three children, and resides in New York City. He was born February 10, 1934, in Montreal, Canada.