Nomination of Margot E. Machol To Be a Member of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission

The President today announced his intention to nominate Margot E. Machol to be a Commissioner of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission for the term expiring April 13, 1994. She would succeed Robert R. Davis.

Since 1988 Mrs. Machol has served as a Commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission. Prior to this, she served as Special Assistant to the Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, 1985 - 1988; and Executive Assistant to the Under Secretary of the Treasury for Monetary Affairs, 1981 - 1985.

Mrs. Machol graduated from Northwestern University (B.A., 1970; M.B.A., 1976). She was born May 25, 1949, in New York, NY. She is married, has two children, and resides in Washington, DC.