Appointment of Stephen P. Farrar as Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs

The President today announced the appointment of Stephen P. Farrar as Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs at the White House.

Mr. Farrar, who will serve as the National Security Council's Senior Director for International Economic Affairs, has been a member of the NSC staff since March 1986. Prior to joining the NSC staff, he was Chief of the Economic Affairs Branch, International Affairs Division, at the Office of Management and Budget. He has also served in the Department of Commerce.

Mr. Farrar graduated from Bowdoin College (B.A., 1965) and Georgetown University (M.S. in Foreign Service, 1967). He was a Department of Commerce graduate fellow at the University of Chicago, 1971. He is married to Kathleen D. Clark. They have two children and reside in Springfield, VA. He was born January 27, 1944.