Appointment of T. Marshall Hahn, Jr., as a Member of the President's Export Council

The President today announced his intention to appoint T. Marshall Hahn, Jr., to be a member of the President's Export Council.

Mr. Hahn is chairman and chief executive officer of the Georgia-Pacific Corp. He has been with the Georgia-Pacific Corp. since 1973 as director (1973-present); chairman of the board, president and chief executive officer (1984-1985); president and chief executive officer (1983-1984); president and chief operating officer (1982-1983); president (1976-1982); executive vice president, pulp, paper, and chemicals (1975-1976);

and executive vice president, chemicals (1975). Prior to joining the Georgia-Pacific Corp., Mr. Hahn was president of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (1962-1975); dean of arts and sciences at Kansas State University; and head of the physics department at Virginia Polytechnic Institute (1954-1959).

He graduated from the University of Kentucky (B.S., 1945) and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Ph.D., 1950). He is married, has two children, and resides in Atlanta, GA. He was born December 2, 1926, in Lexington, KY.