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IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 480-96
August 09, 1996

GENERAL OFFICER ANNOUNCEMENT

Secretary of Defense William J. Perry announced today that the President has nominated Maj. Gen. William P. Hallin, United States Air Force, for appointment to the grade of lieutenant general with assignment as deputy chief of staff, Logistics, Headquarters United States Air Force, Pentagon, Washington, D.C. Hallin is currently assigned as deputy director, Materiel Management, Defense Logistics Agency, Fort Belvoir, Va.

Hallin was born Dec. 8, 1941, in Newington, Conn.