Nomination of William A. Niskanen, Jr., To Be a Member of the Council of Economic Advisers

The President today announced his intention to nominate William A. Niskanen, Jr., to be a member of the Council of Economic Advisers.

Mr. Niskanen will have the primary responsibility within the Council for the analysis of policies, such as regulations, subsidies, labor, and trade policies, that affect selected sectors of the economy. He will report to Murray Weidenbaum, Chairman of the Council.

Previously Mr. Niskanen was a professor at the Graduate School of Management at the University of California, Los Angeles.

In 1975-80 Mr. Niskanen was the director of economics of the Ford Motor Co. He was a professor at the Graduate School of Public Policy at the University of California, Berkeley, from 1972-75. He was Assistant Director for Evaluation of the Office of Management and Budget from 1970 to 1972 and Director of Special Studies of the Office of the Secretary of Defense in the early 1960's.

Mr. Niskanen is a founder of the National Tax Limitation Committee and has contributed to the drafting of several tax limitation amendments. He also participated in several of the President's economic task forces during the 1980 campaign.

Mr. Niskanen is a graduate of Harvard College and received his masters and doctorate degrees in economics from the University of Chicago.

A native of Oregon, Mr. Niskanen is married to the former Anne Pardee and has three children.