Nomination of Charles C. Cox To Be a Member of the Securities and Exchange Commission
July 7, 1983

The President today announced his intention to nominate Charles C. Cox to be a member of the Securities and Exchange Commission for the term expiring June 5, 1988. He would succeed John R. Evans.

Since 1982 Dr. Cox has been serving as Chief Economist at the Securities and Exchange Commission. Previously he was assistant professor of management at Texas A. & M. University in 1980-1982; assistant professor of economics at Ohio State University in 1972-1980; national fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University in 1977-1978; and a practicing attorney in 1978-1980.

He graduated from the University of Washington (B.A., 1967) and the University of Chicago (A.M., 1970; Ph.D., 1975). He resides in Washington, D.C. He was born May 8, 1945, in Missoula, Mont.