[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.