    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George H. W. Bush (1991, Book I)]
    [January 3, 1991]
    [Page 4]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Nomination of Arthur J. Hill To Be an Assistant Secretary of Housing and
    Urban Development
    January 3, 1991

        The President today announced his intention to nominate Arthur J.
    Hill, of Florida, to be an Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban
    Development. He will serve as Federal Housing Commissioner. He would
    succeed Austin Fitts.
        Since 1989 Mr. Hill has served as President of the Government
    National Mortgage Association at the Department of Housing and Urban
    Development in Washington, DC. Prior to this, Mr. Hill served as
    chairman, president, chief executive officer, and director of the
    Peoples National Bank of Commerce in Miami, FL, 1984-1989. He served as
    vice president and regional manager for corporate lending at the
    Amerifirst Federal Savings and Loan Association in Miami, FL, 1983-1984.
    In addition, Mr. Hill served with the Southeast Bank, N.A., in Miami,
    FL, in several capacities: vice president of the corporate lending
    division, 1979-1983; assistant vice president and money market
    department head, 1975-1979; and in the management training program,
    1974-1975.
        Mr. Hill graduated from Florida Memorial College (B.S., 1971) and
    the University of Florida (M.A., 1973). He was born July 4, 1948, in
    Jacksonville, FL, and currently resides in Chevy Chase, MD.