Nomination of Joseph F. Wright, Jr., To Be Deputy Secretary of Commerce

The President announced today his intention to nominate Joseph F. Wright, Jr., as Deputy Secretary of the Department of Commerce.

Currently Mr. Wright is president of both Citicorp Retail Services and Retail Consumer Services, Inc., and manages a wholly owned subsidiary of Citicorp, which consists of customer sales through 27 offices.

From 1971 to 1976, Mr. Wright served as Assistant Secretary of Administration at the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Deputy Director of the Social and Economic Statistics Administration, Department of Commerce, and Deputy Director of the Bureau of the Census. From 1966 to 1971, he was vice president and division head of Booz, Allen & Hamilton, Inc., and was responsible for new products and marketing.

Mr. Wright received his B.S. degree from the Colorado School of Mines in 1961 and an M.B.A. from Yale University in 1964.

Mr. Wright is 42 years old and resides in New York City.