Nomination of Edward N. Brandt, Jr., To Be United States Representative on the Executive Board of the World Health Organization

The President today announced his intention to nominate Edward N. Brandt, Jr., to be Representative of the United States on the Executive Board of the World Health Organization. He would succeed Dr. S. Paul Ehrlich, Jr.

Since May 1981, Dr. Brandt has been serving as Assistant Secretary for Health, Department of Health and Human Services. He was vice chancellor for health affairs for the University of Texas in Austin in 1977-1981. He was executive dean of the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston in 1970-1977. He also served as professor in the university's departments of preventive medicine and family medicine in 1970-1977. In 1962-1970, Dr. Brandt was with the University of Oklahoma Medical Center, first as director of the medical research computer and later as associate dean.

Dr. Brandt graduated from the University of Oklahoma (B.S., 1954), Oklahoma State University (M.S., 1955), the University of. Oklahoma Medical Center (M.D., 1960; Ph. D., 1963). He is married, has three children, and resides in Austin, Tex. He was born July 3, 1933.