[Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George H. W. Bush (1991, Book I)]
[January 3, 1991]
[Page 4]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]



Nomination of Arthur J. Hill To Be an Assistant Secretary of Housing and 
Urban Development
January 3, 1991

    The President today announced his intention to nominate Arthur J. 
Hill, of Florida, to be an Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development. He will serve as Federal Housing Commissioner. He would 
succeed Austin Fitts.
    Since 1989 Mr. Hill has served as President of the Government 
National Mortgage Association at the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development in Washington, DC. Prior to this, Mr. Hill served as 
chairman, president, chief executive officer, and director of the 
Peoples National Bank of Commerce in Miami, FL, 1984-1989. He served as 
vice president and regional manager for corporate lending at the 
Amerifirst Federal Savings and Loan Association in Miami, FL, 1983-1984. 
In addition, Mr. Hill served with the Southeast Bank, N.A., in Miami, 
FL, in several capacities: vice president of the corporate lending 
division, 1979-1983; assistant vice president and money market 
department head, 1975-1979; and in the management training program, 
1974-1975.
    Mr. Hill graduated from Florida Memorial College (B.S., 1971) and 
the University of Florida (M.A., 1973). He was born July 4, 1948, in 
Jacksonville, FL, and currently resides in Chevy Chase, MD.