NR 96-74
  June 18, 1996
  
           OCC Names New Director For Press Relations
  
  WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Office of the Comptroller of the
  Currency (OCC) today announced that Dean DeBuck has been named
  director for press relations.  Mr. DeBuck will report to
  Leonora S. Cross, Deputy Comptroller for Public Affairs.
  
  In his new position, Mr. DeBuck will be responsible for
  planning and managing the OCC's day-to-day news media relations
  activities.  His selection is effective June 24.
  
  For the past 14 years, Mr. DeBuck has been a public affairs
  specialist at the OCC.  He was responsible for managing news
  media relations on a wide variety of subjects, including the
  OCC's regulatory review program, capital markets activities,
  and international issues.  Until 1994, when he became a senior
  public affairs specialist, he also oversaw OCC's disclosure of
  public documents, including responses to requests under the
  Freedom of Information and Privacy Acts.  Before joining the
  OCC in 1982, Mr. DeBuck served as a public information
  specialist for five years at the U.S. Department of State.
  
  Mr. DeBuck holds a BA in foreign affairs from the University of
  Virginia, Charlottesville, VA , and an MS in public information
  administration from The American University, Washington, DC.
  
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  The OCC charters, regulates and examines approximately 2,800 national banks
  and 70 federal branches and agencies of foreign banks in the U.S.,
  accounting for more than half the nation's banking assets.  Its mission is
  to ensure the safety and soundness of the national banking system.