Appointment of Frances McMurtray Norris as Special Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs

The President today announced the appointment of Frances McMurtray Norris as Special Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs. She would succeed Nancy Dorn.

Since 1989 Mrs. Norris has served as Director of Congressional Relations for the Office of National Drug Control Policy. Prior to this, she served as Assistant Secretary of Education for Legislation; assistant to Representative Trent Lott, the Republican whip, on the House Rules Committee; and legislative assistant to Representative G.V. Montgomery.

Mrs. Norris graduated from the University of Mississippi (B.S., 1968) and the University of Kentucky (M.S.L.S., 1970). She is a native of Jackson, MS, and resides in McLean, VA, with her husband, Stephen.