Nomination of William Arthur Webb To Be a Member of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

The President today announced his intention to nominate William Arthur Webb to be a member of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission for a term expiring July 1, 1987. He would succeed J. Clay Smith.

He has been serving as deputy attorney general for the State of Pennsylvania since 1980. He was assistant U.S. attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania in 19791980. He was senior staff counsel for the U.S. House of Representatives Select Committee on Assassinations in 1977-1979. He served as assistant district attorney for Allegheny County, Pa., in 1975-1977. In 1974-1975 he was drug and alcohol analyst for the Governor's Council on Drug and Alcohol Abuse in Pittsburgh, Pa.

He graduated from the University of New Haven (B.S., 1971) and the University of Connecticut (J.D., 1974). He is married, has one son, and resides in Pittsburgh, Pa. He was born October 22, 1943.