Appointment of Thomas C. Dawson as Executive Assistant to the Chief of Staff and Deputy Assistant to the President

The President today announced his intention to appoint Thomas C. Dawson to be Executive Assistant to the Chief of Staff and Deputy Assistant to the President.

Mr. Dawson was appointed Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Business and Consumer Affairs in January 1984. In this position he serves as the Secretary's principal adviser on Treasury issues effecting business, trade and professional organizations and groups. Prior to becoming Assistant Secretary he served, since 1981, as the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Developing Nations, with responsibility for economic and financial relations with developing countries, including debt rescheduling and International Monetary Fund programs.

Before joining the Treasury Department, Mr. Dawson was active in the Reagan/Bush campaign, working with the planning task force on examination of government organization. From November 1980 to February 1981, he was executive assistant to Transition and White House Personnel Director E. Pendleton James, where he assisted in the screening, evaluation, and selection of Cabinet and sub-Cabinet appointees.

From 1978 to 1980, Mr. Dawson was affiliated with McKinsey & Co., focusing on international business operations for corporate clients.

Mr. Dawson was a Foreign Service officer for 5 years in the Office of Investment Affairs as staff assistant to the Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs, William Casey, and with the U.S. Embassy in Brazil, where he was responsible for analysis of Brazilian foreign trade performance and prospects.

Mr. Dawson earned his M.B.A. from the Stanford University Graduate School of Business, graduating in the top 5 percent of his class. He has a bachelor's degree, with honors, in economics from Stanford University and has done graduate work in economics at Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University.

Mr. Dawson is married to the former Moira Haley. They have three children, Thomas, Andrew, and Catherine.