Nomination of Roger W. Mehle, Jr., To Be an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury

The President today announced his intention to nominate Roger W. Mehle, Jr., to be an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury (Domestic Finance).

In 1979 Mr. Mehle joined the firm of Dean Witter Reynolds Inc. as senior vice president and member of the board of directors to head the firm's public finance department. He was chosen as chairman of the municipal finance committee of the Securities Industry Association and elected to the SIA board of directors and executive committee. He began employment with the First Boston Corp. in its professional training program in 1969. After completion of the training program, he joined the public finance department and was named cohead of the department in 1975. In 1976 Mr. Mehle was elected to the board of directors of the First Boston Corp. and in 1978 was named senior vice president of that firm.

Mr. Mehle was graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy (B.S., 1963) and attended night courses at New York University Graduate School of Business Administration (M.A., 1972) and at Fordham University School of Law (LL.B, 1976).

He served in the U.S. Navy in 1965-69. He is a member of the New York and American Bar Associations. He is a resident of New York City and was born in Long Beach, Calif., on December 28, 1941.