Appointment of Edward M. Rogers, Jr., as Special Assistant to the President and Deputy Director of the Office of Political Affairs

The President today announced the appointment of Edward M. Rogers, Jr., to be Special Assistant to the President and Deputy Director of the Office of Political Affairs. This is a new position.

Since July 1985 he has served as Associate Director of the Office of Political Affairs at the White House. He has been functioning as the deputy to the White House political liaison to the Senate. In 1980 he was the press secretary for the Reagan-Bush campaign in Alabama. He has served as an advance representative for both President Reagan and Vice President Bush. In 1984 he was the Reagan-Bush '84 deputy regional campaign director for the Southeastern United States.

He is an attorney from Birmingham, AL, and a graduate of the University of Alabama School of Law (J.D., 1984).