    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George H. W. Bush (1991, Book I)]
    [June 27, 1991]
    [Pages 731-732]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Nomination of Olin L. Wethington To Be Deputy Under Secretary of the
    Treasury
    June 27, 1991

        The President today announced his intention to nominate Olin L.
    Wethington, of Virginia, to be Deputy Under Secretary of the Treasury
    for International Affairs. He would succeed Charles H. Dallara. Upon
    appointment, Mr. Wethington shall be designated as an Assistant
    Secretary of the Treasury and a member of the Board of Directors of the
    Overseas Private Investment Corporation. He would succeed Charles H.
    Dallara.
        Since 1990, Mr. Wethington has served as Special Assistant to the
    President and Executive Secretary to the Economic Policy Council at the
    White House in Washington, DC. Prior to this he served as a partner with
    the law firm of Steptoe and Johnson in Washington, DC, 1985-1990; a
    Deputy Under Secretary for International Trade at the Department of
    Commerce, 1983-1985; and Director of the Planning and Evaluation staff
    for the International Trade Administration at the Department of
    Commerce, 1982. In addition Mr. Wethington served as an Executive
    Assistant to the Under Secretary for International Trade at the
    Department of Commerce, 1981-1982; an attorney with the law firm of
    Steptoe and Johnson, 1977-1981; and an adjunct professor of law at
    Georgetown University Law Center, 1980-1981.
        Mr. Wethington graduated from the University of Pennsylvania (B.A.,
    1971, and M.A., 1971); Columbia University (Ph.D.,

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    1974); and Harvard Law School (J.D., 1977). He was born on November 17,
    1948, in Durham, NC. Mr. Wethington is married, has three children, and
    resides in McLean, VA.