Baker to Serve On Nixon Panel

George P. Baker '25, Dean of the Business School, has been appointed by President Nixon to the newly formed, fiveman Advisory Council on Executive Organization. Nixon made the announcement from his Key Biscayne White House Saturday.

The Council--which will be similar to the Hoover Commission appointed by President Truman--will undertake a thorough review of the organization of the executive branch and present recommendations for improving government effectiveness.

Baker said yesterday that President Nixon hoped that the Council would present new ways of running the government. "We'll be like a management consulting firm that is asked by a business to review procedures and recommend alternative approaches," Baker said.

Baker said that the council would offer suggestions but would have little direct influence. "It is like some of the other commissions; sometimes your advice is taken and sometimes it is totally ignored," Baker said.

The council will hold a preliminary meeting on Thursday in Washington, Baker said.

The other members of the council include: Roy L. Ash, president of Litton industries, who will be chairman of the Council; John B. Connally, former governor of Texas; Frederick R. Kappel, chairman of the executive committee of American Telephone and Telegraph; and Richard M. Paget, a member of the New York consulting firm of Cresap, McCormick and Paget.