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Nomination of Clarence Eugene Hodges To Be an Assistant Director of the Community Services Administration

June 15, 1981

The President today announced his intention to nominate Clarence Eugene Hodges to be an Assistant Director of the Community Services Administration (Community Action).

Since 1977 Mr. Hodges has served on the staff of Senator Richard G. Lugar (R-Ind.), acting as assistant State director. In 1976-77 he served with the Indianapolis Housing Authority and in 1973-76, was director, Department of Human Resources, and assistant to the mayor of Indianapolis. He was executive director, Concentrated Employment Program, St. Lois, Mo., in 1967-73. Previously Mr. Hodges was director of social services, Kinloch School District, St. Louis County, in 1966-67, and casework supervisor, division of welfare, State of Missouri, in 1962-66.

Mr. Hodges served in the U.S. Air Force in 1956-60. He was a candidate for the U.S. Congress in 1980 from Indiana's 11th District. He has been active in community affairs including serving as chairman, Committee on Conflict, Indianapolis Urban League Task Force on School Violence, and president and chairman of the board of directors, Community Action Against Poverty.

Mr. Hodges graduated from Upper Iowa University (B.A.) and Occidental College (M.A.). He is married, has four children, and resides in Indianapolis, Ind. He was born October 1, 1939, in Princeton, N.C.

Ronald Reagan, Nomination of Clarence Eugene Hodges To Be an Assistant Director of the Community Services Administration Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/247029

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