Nomination of Reginald J. Brown To Be an Assistant Administrator of the Agency for International Development

The President today announced his intention to nominate Reginald J. Brown to be an Assistant Administrator of the Agency for International Development (Bureau for Program and Policy Coordination), United States International Development Cooperation Agency. He would succeed Richard E. Bissell.

Since 1982 Mr. Brown has served as a senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, DC. Prior to this he served as executive vice president of DECA Group, Inc., in Miami, FL, 1979 - 1982. From 1974 to 1979, Mr. Brown served in various positions in the U.S. Government: Director of Energy, Chemicals, and Public Utilities in the Office of Price Monitoring, Council of Wage and Price Stability; Executive Director of the President's Commission on Military Compensation; principal analyst in the Congressional Budget Office; and Associate Director for Economic Analysis at the Defense Manpower Commission. In addition, he served as Deputy Administrator in the Office of Food on the Cost of Living Council, 1973 - 1974.

Mr. Brown graduated from the U.S. Military Academy (B.S., 1961), and Harvard University (M.B.A., 1965). He served in the U.S. Army, 1961 - 1971. He resides in Alexandria, VA.