2 September 1997

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Date: Tue, 2 Sep 1997 15:01 -0400
From: The White House &lt;Publications-Admin@pub.pub.whitehouse.gov&gt;
Subject: 1997-08-02 President Nominates Majak to Dept of Commerce
URL: http://www.pub.whitehouse.gov/show-document?pdi://oma.eop.gov.us/1997/9/2/14.text

                             THE WHITE HOUSE

                      Office of the Press Secretary 
                    (Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts)
______________________________________________________________________ 
For Immediate Release                                  August 29, 1997 

                   PRESIDENT CLINTON NAMES R. ROGER MAJAK 
             AS ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR EXPORT ADMINISTRATION 
                         AT DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

 President Clinton today announced his intent to nominate 
R. Roger Majak of Alexandria, Virginia to serve as Assistant 
Secretary for Export Administration at the United States 
Department of Commerce.

 Mr. Majak is currently a consultant with expertise in the areas of 
international and domestic trade promotion and regulation, 
international telecommunications, and government finance.  Prior to 
becoming a consultant, he was the legislative director for the law 
firm of Powell, Goldstein, Frazer and Murphy from 1990-1996 where his 
clients included Hewlett-Packard, INTELSAT, British Airways, and 
Dr. Pepper/7UP.  Prior to this position, Mr. Majak was the federal 
government relations manager for TEKTRONIX Inc., a Fortune 500 
electronic technology company.

 From 1975-1985, Mr. Majak was the Chief of Staff at the United States 
House of Representatives Subcommittee on International Economic Policy 
and Trade.  He was responsible for legislation relating to foreign 
investment and export trade promotion and regulation, including 
authority for the use of economic sanctions.  He was also Chief of 
Staff in the office of The Honorable Jonathan B. Bingham, and served 
on the staff of the United States Commission on the Organization of 
Government for the Conduct of Foreign Policy.

 Mr. Majak was born in Hammond, Indiana and was raised in Lansing, 
Illinois.  He received a B.S. in Political Science and Journalism 
from Northwestern University and an M.A. in Political Science and 
International Security Policy from Ohio State University.

 The Assistant Secretary for Export Administration is responsible 
for overseeing the Department's export licensing system, and analyzes 
and develops policy relating to goods and technology subject to 
control for national security and foreign policy reasons.  The 
Assistant Secretary also works with United States allies in 
implementing stronger and more uniform controls on strategic exports.

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