Nomination of Robert W. Sweet, Jr., To Be Deputy Director of the National Institute of Education

The President today announced his intention to nominate Robert W. Sweet, Jr., to be Deputy Director of the National Institute of Education, Department of Education. He would succeed Gladys Chang Keith Hardy.

Since July 1981 Mr. Sweet has been serving as Special Assistant to the Assistant Secretary of Education for Elementary and Secondary Education. He was with HB Educational Systems, Inc., in 1971-1979. Prior to that, he was with Holt, Rinehart and Winston in 1964-1972.

Mr. Sweet is a graduate of the University of Maine (B.A., 1960). He is married and has five children. He was born on March 18, 1937.