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Nomination of James F. McAvoy To Be a Member of the Council on Environmental Quality

May 15, 1981

The President today announced his intention to nominate James F. McAvoy to be a member of the Council on Environmental Quality.

Since 1979 Mr. McAvoy has been director of the Department of Environmental Protection, State of Ohio. In 1977-79 he was assistant director, Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation, and in 1975-77 served as deputy director. Mr. McAvoy was nuclear construction manager, Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Co., Newport News, Va., in 1962-64.

Mr. McAvoy has served on many committees in Ohio including, chairman, Governor's Task Force on Nuclear Plant Safety; chairman, Governor's Hazardous Waste Siting Board; chairman, Vehicle Emissions Inspection and Maintenance Safety Board; member, Ohio Water Development Authority; and member, Ohio Air Quality Development Authority.

Mr. McAvoy was graduated from the Maine Maritime Academy, Castine, Maine, (B.S.); Certificate in Advanced Administrative Management, University of Virginia Graduate School of Business; Certificate in Executive Development, Harvard Graduate Business School; Certificate in Nuclear Engineering/Reactor Theory, Carnegie Technical Extension Program.

Mr. McAvoy is married, has four children, and resides in Columbus, Ohio. He was born on November 24, 1931, in Elizabeth, N.J.

Ronald Reagan, Nomination of James F. McAvoy To Be a Member of the Council on Environmental Quality Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/247491

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