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Digitized from Box 6 of the White House Press Releases at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
DECEMBER 18, 1974
Office of the White House Press Secretary
THE WHITE HOUSE
KENNETH R. COLE, JR.
Biographical Data
Since January 16, 1974, Kenneth R. Cole, Jr. has served as Assistant to the
President for Domestic Affairs. Mr. Cole also serve as Executive Director
of the Domestic Council.
The Domestic Council, which is comprised of department and agency heads
concerned with domestic issues, is responsible for the development and
coordination of the President's domestic policies. Mr. Cole handles in the
President's behalf, liaison with state and local government officials. The
President directed Mr. Cole to work closely with the Vice President, who serves
as Vice Chairman of the Domestic Council, other members of the Cabinet,
Federal agency heads, Members of Congress, and state and local officials.
Mr. Cole has served as Director of the Domestic Council since December 14,
1972. Prior to that he served as Deputy Director of the Domestic Council and
Deputy Assistant to the President for Domestic Affairs. Mr. Cole was Special
Assistant to the President for Domestic Affairs. Mr. Cole was Special
Assistant to the President from January to November 1969. He was an executive
of the J. Walter Thompson Company in New York City from 1965 to 1968 and joined
President Richard Nixon's campaign in February 1968.
He was born in New York City on January 27, 1938, and grew up in Scarsdale,
New York, and Westfield, New Jersey. Mr. Cole received his B.S. degree in
business administration from Bucknell University in 1959. After graduation he
served as Assistant to the Vice President for the Elizabethtown Gas Company,
Elizabeth, New Jersey. From 1961 to 1965 he served in the U.S. Navy, rising
to the rank of Lieutenant.
Mr. Cole and his wife, Marilyn, live in Bethesda, Maryland, with their
two daughters, Corinne and Megan.
Mr. Cole has resigned effective March 2, 1975.
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