Nomination of E. Robert Wallach To Be a Member of the United States Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy

The President today announced his intention to nominate E. Robert Wallach to be a member of the United States Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy for a term expiring July 1, 1985. He would succeed Lewis Manilow.

Since 1974 he has been an attorney in the law offices of E. Robert Wallach & David B. Baum. Mr. Wallach was in the private practice of law in 1970-1974; a partner in the firm of Walkup, Downing, Wallach & Sterns in 1964-1970; and an associate with the firm of Walkup & Downing in 1959-1964. He is serving as dean of the Hastings Center for Trial and Appellate Advocacy and as adjunct professor of the Hastings College of Law. In addition he serves as a faculty member of both the National Institute of Trial Advocacy at the University of Colorado (Boulder) and the College of Advocacy at the University of Florida (Gainesville).

He graduated from the University of Southern California (B.A., 1955) and the University of California at Boalt (LL.B., 1958). He resides in San Francisco, Calif. He was born April 11, 1934.