[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.