[Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George H. W. Bush (1992, Book I)]
[January 24, 1992]
[Page 150]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]



Nomination of Fred T. Goldberg, Jr., To Be Assistant Secretary of the 
Treasury for Tax Policy

January 24, 1992
    The President today announced his intention to nominate Fred T. 
Goldberg, Jr., of Missouri, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury 
for Tax Policy. He would succeed Kenneth W. Gideon.
    Since 1989 Mr. Goldberg has served as Commissioner of the Internal 
Revenue Service at the Department of the Treasury in Washington, DC. 
Prior to this, Mr. Goldberg served as a partner with the law firm of 
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, 1986-1989; Chief Counsel for the 
Internal Revenue Service, 1984-1986; and a partner with the law firm of 
Latham, Watkins & Hills, 1982-1984. From 1981 to 1982, Mr. Goldberg 
served as Assistant to the Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service.
    Mr. Goldberg graduated from Yale University (B.A., 1969; J.D., 
1973). He was born October 15, 1947, in St. Louis, MO. Mr. Goldberg is 
married, has five children, and resides in Potomac, MD.