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Nomination of John J. Knapp To Be General Counsel of the Department of Housing and Urban Development

March 03, 1981

The President today announced his intention to nominate John J. Knapp to be General Counsel of the Department of Housing and Urban Development.

Since 1971 Mr. Knapp has worked as chief legal officer for National Kinney Corp., a publicly held corporation engaged in building maintenance, construction, parking lot ownership, and housing development.

Prior to joining Kinney, Mr. Knapp was assistant secretary of Textron, Inc., and an associate at the law firm of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, in New York.

Mr. Knapp received his B.S. in 1958 from Manhattan College and his J.D. degree in 1961 from Fordham Law School. He is married with two children and resides in Garden City, N.Y. Mr. Knapp was born September 15, 1934.

Ronald Reagan, Nomination of John J. Knapp To Be General Counsel of the Department of Housing and Urban Development Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/246929

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