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President Appoints William T. Kendall Deputy Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs [Position Appointments and Resignations]
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President Appoints William T. Kendall Deputy Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs [Position Appointments and Resignations]
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Digitized from Box 8 of the White House Press Releases at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FEBRUARY 28, 1975 Office of the White House Press Secretary THE WHITE HOUSE The President today announced the appointment of William T. Kendall, of Bethesda, Maryland, as Deputy Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs, He will serve as liaison for the White House with the Senate. Prior to joining the White House Staff, he was Administrative Assistant to Senator Charles McC. Mathias of Maryland from February 1974 to present. He joined the staff of Congressman Peter J. Frelinghuysen as Administrative Assistant in 1959, serving until 1974. From 1950 to 1959, he was Group Leader of the Allied Chemical Corporation. He worked for Western Electric from 1940 to 1942 and returned in 1945. Mr. Kendall was Campaign Manager for the Congressional campaigns of Congressman Frelinghuysen in 1954, 1956 and 1958. He was Assistant to the Campaign Manager for the New Jersey Gubernatorial Campaign in 1961. In 1964 and 1966, he was Assistant to the Chairman for the Republican Congressional Campaign Committee. He was on the Platform Committee Staff of the Republican National Convention in 1968 and 1972. Mr. Kendall was born on May 8, 1921 in Newark, New Jersey. He received his B.A. degree from Rutgers University in 1949 and his M.A. degree from Columbia University in 1951. He attended the Kennedy School of Political Science at Harvard University from 1965 to 1966. He served in the United States Army from 1942 to 1946. He was a member of Phi Beta Kappa while at Rutgers University. Mr. Kendall is married to the former Doris Czernicki, They have two children and reside in Bethesda, Maryland. # # #