May 28, 1987
The President today announced his intention to nominate Ewen M. Wilson, an Assistant Secretary of Agriculture (Economics) designate, to be a member of the Board of Directors of the National Consumer Cooperative Bank for a term of 3 years. He would succeed Robert L. Thompson.
Mr. Wilson is currently the Assistant Secretary for Economics designate at the Department of Agriculture. Prior to this he served as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Economics at the Department of Agriculture, 1985 - 1987.
Mr. Wilson graduated from the University of London (B.S., 1965); West Virginia University (M.S., 1970); and North Carolina State University (Ph.D., 1973). He was born July 29, 1944, in Nairobi, Kenya. Mr. Wilson is married, has three children, and resides in Falls Church, VA.