Appointment of Thomas F. Gibson III as Special Assistant to the President and Director of Public Affairs

The President has appointed Thomas F. Gibson III to be Special Assistant to the President and Director of Public Affairs.

For the past 2 years, Mr. Gibson has served as an Associate Director of the White House Office of Cabinet Affairs. From 1982 to 1983, he was an editor on the opinion staff of USA Today. From 1979 to 1981, Mr. Gibson was director of government relations for the Brick Institute of America, and from 1978 to 1979, he was a legislative assistant to United States Senator Dewey F. Bartlett. He was a freelance political illustrator for a number of publications from 1977 to 1982.

Mr. Gibson graduated from Princeton University (B.A., 1977) and Harvard University (M.P.A., 1982). He was born January 23, 1955, in Indianapolis, IN, and now resides in Alexandria, VA.