Nomination of J. Edward Fox To Be an Assistant Secretary of State

The President today announced his intention to nominate J. Edward Fox to be Assistant Secretary of State (Legislative and Inter-Governmental Affairs). He would succeed William Lockhart Ball III.

Since 1985 Mr. Fox has been serving at the White House as Special Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs. Previously he was in the Office of Legislative and Inter-Governmental Affairs as Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary (1985) and Deputy Assistant Secretary (1983-1985). lie served as minority staff consultant, Subcommittee on Inter-American Affairs, House Committee on Foreign Affairs, in 1976-1983, and on the staff of the Subcommittee on Future Foreign Policy and Subcommittee on Resources, Food and Energy, House Committee on Foreign Affairs, in 1975-1976. He was a legislative assistant to Congressman John Rousselot (R-CA) in 1973-1975.

Mr. Fox graduated from Ohio University (B.A., 1972) and George Washington University (M.A., 1976). He is married, has three children, and resides in Washington, DC. He was born December 1, 1948, in Columbus, OH.