[Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George H. W. Bush (1992, Book I)]
[January 14, 1992]
[Page 87]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]



Appointment of Nicholas E. Calio as Assistant to the President for 
Legislative Affairs

January 14, 1992
    The President today announced the appointment of Nicholas E. Calio, 
of Ohio, to be Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs. He 
would succeed Frederick D. McClure.
    Since 1991 Mr. Calio has served as vice president of the Duberstein 
Group, Inc., a Washington-based consulting firm. From 1989 to 1991, Mr. 
Calio served as Deputy Assistant to the President for Legislative 
Affairs. He served with the National Association of Wholesaler-
Distributors as senior vice president for government relations and 
executive director of the wholesaler-distributor political action 
committee from 1984 to 1989. Mr. Calio served as litigation counsel for 
the Washington Legal Foundation, 1981-84; Of Counsel with the law firm 
of Santarelli & Bond, 1981-84; and as an associate with the law firm of 
Santarelli & Gimer, 1978-81.
    Mr. Calio graduated from Ohio Wesleyan University (B.A., 1975) and 
Case Western Reserve University School of Law (J.D., 1978). He was born 
January 10, 1953, in Cleveland, OH. Mr. Calio is married to the former 
Lydia Keller, has three children, and resides in Washington, DC.