Appointment of J. French Hill as Special Assistant to the President and Executive Secretary to the Economic Policy Council

The President today announced the appointment of J. French Hill, of Texas, as Special Assistant to the President and Executive Secretary to the Economic Policy Council.

Since May 1989 Mr. Hill has served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Corporate Finance. From 1984 to 1989, he served with the Mason Best Company and was named Director in 1988. From September 1982 to October 1984, he served as legislative assistant to United States Senator John Tower and as Assistant to the Chairman on a subcommittee of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. From 1979 to 1982, Mr. Hill was a banking officer for Interfirst Bank-Dallas and the senior financial analyst in the planning and investment group for the bank's holding company.

Mr. Hill graduated from Vanderbilt University in 1979 and received a degree in Economics. He is married to the former Martha McKenzie of Dallas, TX.