[Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George H. W. Bush (1992, Book I)]
[June 12, 1992]
[Page 927]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]



Nomination of Jose Antonio Villamil To Be an Under Secretary of Commerce

June 12, 1992
    The President today announced his intention to nominate Jose Antonio 
Villamil, of Florida, to be Under Secretary of Commerce for Economic 
Affairs. He would succeed Michael Rucker Darby.
    Since 1989, Mr. Villamil has served as Chief Economist for the 
Department of Commerce and was elevated to the position of Chief 
Economist and Special Adviser to the Secretary in 1991. From 1981 to 
1989, he served as senior vice president and chief economist in the 
corporate planning and economics department in the office of the 
chairman of the board at the Southeast Bank in Miami, FL.
    From 1978 to 1981, Mr. Villamil served as vice president and 
economist in the economics department with the Crocker National Bank in 
San Francisco, CA. He also served as financial economist in the economic 
research division with the Continental Illinois National Bank and Trust 
Company in Chicago, IL, 1975-78. In addition, Mr. Villamil has served as 
an economist in the Office of Developing Nations Finance at the 
Department of the Treasury, 1974-75. From 1973 to 1974, he served as an 
economic analyst in the international corporate banking division with 
the First National Bank of Miami in Miami, FL.
    Mr. Villamil graduated from Louisiana State University (B.S. 1968; 
M.A. 1971). He is married, has four children, and resides in McLean, VA.