PHILADELPHIA (AP) President Reagan yesterday named Thomas C.Griscom, a longtime aide to chief of staff Howard H. Baker Jr., asWhite House assistant for planning and communications.
The appointment of Griscom, 37, was announced as Reagantraveled here for a speech to a medical society and an appearance atCongress Hall. It further solidifies a White House shakeup thatbegan when Baker replaced Donald T. Regan on Feb. 27.
Griscom was press secretary to Baker when the Tennesseean servedin the Senate as GOP leader. When Baker left the Senate, and lateraccepted Reagan's offer to become head of the White House staff, hebrought Griscom in to help with the transition.
In his new job, Griscom "will direct all White Housecommunication activities and will be responsible for over-allplanning" in that area, the announcement said.
Before joining Baker at the White House, Griscom was an officerof Ogilvy & Mather, now the Ogilvy Group, a worldwide advertising andpublic relations agency.
In 1985-86, Griscom was executive director of the NationalRepublican Senatorial Committee, which dispenses campaign funds toGOP Senate candidates. He was a political writer for the Chattanooga(Tenn.) News-Free Press for seven years before joining Baker's staff.
Marlin Fitzwater, Reagan's chief spokesman, told reportersaboard Air Force One that he and Griscom "expect to work veryclosely."
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