    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George H. W. Bush (1991, Book I)]
    [May 9, 1991]
    [Page 495]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Nomination of Mary Catherine Sophos To Be a Deputy Under Secretary of
    the Treasury
    May 9, 1991

        The President today announced his intention to nominate Mary
    Catherine Sophos, of California, to be Deputy Under Secretary of the
    Treasury for Legislative Affairs. She would succeed Bryce L. Harlow.
    Upon confirmation, the President intends to designate her as an
    Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Legislative Affairs.
        Ms. Sophos currently serves as Deputy Assistant Secretary for
    Legislative Affairs at the Department of the Treasury. Prior to this she
    was director of government relations for McCamish, Martin, Brown and
    Loeffler, 1987-1989. Ms. Sophos was assistant minority counsel and
    budget analyst for the Committee on Ways and Means for the House of
    Representatives, 1987, and legislative director and a member of the
    budget associate staff to Congressman Tom Loeffler, 1982-1986.
        Ms. Sophos graduated from Pitzer College, The Claremont Colleges
    (B.S., 1976). She was born July 10, 1954, in Oxnard, CA. She currently
    resides in Washington, DC.