[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.