Nomination of William Coskrey Plowden, Jr., To Be an Assistant Secretary of Labor

The President today announced his intention to nominate William Coskrey Plowden, Jr., to be Assistant Secretary of Labor for Veterans Employment.

Since 1976 Mr. Plowden has been State director, Veterans Employment and Services (South Carolina). He was appointed to the Americanism Commission of the American Legion National Organization in 1961 and served as Americanism chairman, State of South Carolina American Legion. He is a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) and the Disabled American Veterans (DAV).

Mr. Plowden served in World War II in the China-Burma Theatre, attaining the rank of lieutenant colonel, and retired from the reserve as a full colonel in 1965. He graduated from the Citadel Military College (B.A., 1939). He is married, has three children, and resides in New Zion, S.C. Mr. Plowden was born July 15, 1918, in New Zion.