[Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George H. W. Bush (1991, Book I)]
[June 27, 1991]
[Pages 731-732]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]



Nomination of Olin L. Wethington To Be Deputy Under Secretary of the 
Treasury
June 27, 1991

    The President today announced his intention to nominate Olin L. 
Wethington, of Virginia, to be Deputy Under Secretary of the Treasury 
for International Affairs. He would succeed Charles H. Dallara. Upon 
appointment, Mr. Wethington shall be designated as an Assistant 
Secretary of the Treasury and a member of the Board of Directors of the 
Overseas Private Investment Corporation. He would succeed Charles H. 
Dallara.
    Since 1990, Mr. Wethington has served as Special Assistant to the 
President and Executive Secretary to the Economic Policy Council at the 
White House in Washington, DC. Prior to this he served as a partner with 
the law firm of Steptoe and Johnson in Washington, DC, 1985-1990; a 
Deputy Under Secretary for International Trade at the Department of 
Commerce, 1983-1985; and Director of the Planning and Evaluation staff 
for the International Trade Administration at the Department of 
Commerce, 1982. In addition Mr. Wethington served as an Executive 
Assistant to the Under Secretary for International Trade at the 
Department of Commerce, 1981-1982; an attorney with the law firm of 
Steptoe and Johnson, 1977-1981; and an adjunct professor of law at 
Georgetown University Law Center, 1980-1981.
    Mr. Wethington graduated from the University of Pennsylvania (B.A., 
1971, and M.A., 1971); Columbia University (Ph.D.,

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1974); and Harvard Law School (J.D., 1977). He was born on November 17, 
1948, in Durham, NC. Mr. Wethington is married, has three children, and 
resides in McLean, VA.