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Digitized from Box 21 of the White House Press Releases at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 9, 1976
Office of the White House Press Secretary
THE WHITE HOUSE
The President today announced his intention to nominate George H. Dixon,
of Minneapolis, Minnesota, to be Deputy Secretary of the Treasury. He
will succeed Stephen Gardner who became a member of the Board of
Governors of the Federal Reserve System on January 29, 1976. Mr. Dixon
is the Chairman and President of the First National Bank of Minneapolis.
Born on October 7, 1920, in Rochester, New York, Mr. Dixon received
his B.S. degree from Wharton School of Finance at the University of
Pennsylvania in 1942. He attended Harvard University Graduate School
of Business and received his M. B.A. in 1947. He served in the United
States Army during World War II as a Captain.
In 1947, Mr. Dixon joined the Brown Brothers Harriman & Company of
Boston, Massachusetts. He became a Partner in the firm of Davis and
Davis of Providence, Rhode Island in 1950. From 1956 to 1968 he was
the Vice President-Finance and Treasurer of Sperry & Hutchinson Company
of New York, New York. He joined the First National Bank of Minneapolis
as President and Chief Administrative Officer in 1968.
Mr. Dixon is married to the former Marjorie Freeman and they have
three children.