Nomination of J. Roger Mentz To Be an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury

The President today announced his intention to nominate J. Roger Mentz to be an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury (Tax Policy). He would succeed Ronald Alan Pearlman.

Since December 1985 Mr. Mentz has been serving as Acting Assistant Secretary of the Treasury (Tax Policy). From April to December 1985, he served as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Tax Policy at the Department of the Treasury. Previously he was a partner in the law firm of Mudge Rose Guthrie Alexander & Ferdon in 1966-1985.

Mr. Mentz graduated from Princeton University (B.S.E, 1963) and the University of Virginia School of Law (L.L.B., 1966). He is married, has two children, and resides in Washington, DC. He was born March 10, 1942, in New York City.