Appointment of Stephen I. Danzansky as Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs and Senior Director of International Economic Affairs for the National Security Council

The President today announced the appointment of Stephen I. Danzansky as Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs and Senior Director of International Economic Affairs

Mr. Danzansky is a partner in the Washington office of the law firm of Willkie Farr & Gallagher, where he served as managing partner. He has been appointed under three Presidents and elected Chairman of the District of Columbia Law Revision Commission; has been an adjunct professor at George Washington University School of Law; and is a member of the D.C. Bar Association, International Trade Commission Trial Lawyers Committee, and the International Law Institute Advisory Board. He was appointed by President Reagan to serve as a member of the Advisory Committee for Trade Negotiations. Mr. Danzansky has also served as an officer and director of numerous civic and cultural organizations.

He graduated from Washington & Lee University (B.A., 1961) and George Washington University School of Law (J.D., 1964). He is married to Joan Winston Cox. They have two children and reside in Washington, DC. He was born July 31, 1939.