Appointment of Myron J. Mintz as a Member of the Advisory Committee to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation

The President today announced his intention to appoint Myron J. Mintz to be a member of the Advisory Committee to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation for a term expiring February 19, 1990. He would succeed Joseph Geronimo.

Since 1975 Mr. Mintz has been senior partner and chairman of the tax department for Dickstein, Shapiro & Morin in Washington, DC. He has been with this firm since 1973. Prior to this Mr. Mintz was Assistant General Counsel for the Cost of Living Council for the Executive Office of the President in Washington, DC, 1971-1973. He was an attorney with Dow, Lohnes and Albertson, 1970-1971; and an attorney-adviser to Judge Bruce M. Forrester, United States Tax Court, 1968-1970.

Mr. Mintz graduated from Temple University (B.S., 1961; J.D, 1968). He was born October 29, 1940, in Philadelphia, PA. Mr. Mintz served in the U.S. Air Force Reserve, 1961-1967. He is married, has two children, and resides in Alexandria, VA.