Appointment of Edward E. Allison as a Member of the Board of Directors of the Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation

The President today announced his intention to appoint Edward E. Allison to be a member of the Board of Directors of the Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation for the remainder of the term expiring October 26, 1990. He would succeed Michael R. Gardner.

Since 1984 Mr. Allison has been a political consultant for Heron, Burchette, Rucker and Rothwell in Washington, DC. Prior to this he was an administrative assistant for U.S. Senator Paul Laxalt, 1979-1984. In 1973 Mr. Allison opened the public relations firm of Allison & Associates in Reno, NV.

Mr. Allison graduated from the University of Nevada (B.A., 1961). He was born January 9, 1940, in Denver, CO. He is married, has two children, and resides in Great Falls, VA.