    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George H. W. Bush (1991, Book I)]
    [June 16, 1991]
    [Page 673]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Appointment of Clayton S. Fong as Deputy Director of the Office of
    Consumer Affairs
    June 16, 1991

        The President today announced his intention to appoint Clayton S.
    Fong, of California, to be Deputy Director of the Office of Consumer
    Affairs at the Department of Health and Human Services. He would succeed
    Edward Barth Cohen. The Office of Consumer Affairs serves as the
    principal adviser to the President on consumer issues.
        Since 1989 Mr. Fong has served as Deputy Associate Director of
    Presidential Personnel at the White House in Washington, DC. Prior to
    this Mr. Fong served in the office of Governor Deukmejian of California
    as the deputy appointments secretary, 1987-1989, and as community
    liaison, 1984-1987.
        Mr. Fong graduated from the University of California, Berkeley
    (B.A., 1982). He was born May 18, 1959, in San Francisco, CA. Mr. Fong
    is married and resides in Silver Spring, MD.