Nomination of George A. Sawyer To Be an Assistant Secretary of the Navy

The President today announced his intention to nominate George A. Sawyer to be an Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Shipbuilding and Logistics).

Since 1976 Mr. Sawyer has been president and chief executive officer of John J. McMullen Associates, Inc. In 1969-76 he was with Bechtel, Inc., of San Francisco, Calif. He served as environmental systems manager in the Scientific Development Department in 1969-71; manager of Business Development in 1971-75; and manager of Eastern Operations and vice president of International Bechtel, Inc., in 1975-76.

In 1967-69 Mr. Sawyer was manager of Marine Systems, Batelle Memorial Institute, Richland, Wash. He was manager, Marine Systems, NUS Corp., in 1965-67. And in 1963-65 he was nuclear power coordinator of Marine Projects with Babcock & Wilcox. In 1953-62 he was a submarine engineer officer in the U.S. Navy.

Mr. Sawyer was graduated from Yale University and studied nuclear engineering at Knolls Atomic Power Laboratories in Schenectady, N.Y. He is a member of the American Society of Naval Engineers and the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers.

Mr. Sawyer resides in Red Bank, N.J. He was born in New York City on April 20, 1931.