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Nomination of Robert F. Burford To Be Director of the Bureau of Land Management

March 03, 1981

The President today announced his intention to nominate Robert F. Burford to be Director of the Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior.

In 1974 Mr. Burford was elected to the Colorado House of Representatives. He was reelected to that office in 1976 and 1978. In 1979-80 he was elected to the office of the speaker.

Mr. Burford is a member of the Bureau of Land Management Grazing Advisory Board in Colorado. He is a member of the Colorado and National Cattleman's Association and the Colorado Farm Bureau.

Mr. Burford served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II. He attended the Colorado School of Mines.

He was born in Grand Junction, Colo., on February 5, 1923.

Ronald Reagan, Nomination of Robert F. Burford To Be Director of the Bureau of Land Management Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/246946

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