    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George H. W. Bush (1991, Book I)]
    [March 11, 1991]
    [Pages 248-249]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Appointment of Jay Parmer as Special Assistant to the President and
    Director of Presidential Advance
    March 11, 1991

        The President today announced the appointment of Jay Parmer as
    Special Assistant to the President and Director of Presidential Advance
    at the White House in Washington, DC. He would succeed John G. Keller,
    Jr.
        Mr. Parmer has served in the Presidential Advance Office since
    January 1989, first as Assistant Director and later as Deputy Director
    for Special Projects. He served in the

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    Office of the Vice President as Assistant to the Director of Advance
    from September 1987 to August 1988, when he left to join the staff of
    Bush-Quayle '88. From 1985 to 1987, Mr. Parmer was a Special Assistant
    for External Relations at the U.S. Agency for International Development.
    During the 1984 elections, Mr. Parmer was political director of the
    Mississippi Republican Party. In 1983, he served on the support staff of
    the summit of industrialized nations in Williamsburg, VA.
        Mr. Parmer is a native of Meridian, MS, and graduated from the
    University of Mississippi with a bachelor of public administration
    degree in 1983. He is married to the former Ardis Elaine Johnson of
    Reno, NV, and resides in Chevy Chase, MD.