Department of State Nomination of Richard Lee McCall, It., To Be an Assistant Secretary.

The President today announced that he will nominate Richard Lee McCall, Jr., of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs. He would replace Charles W. Maynes, Jr., resigned.

Mr. McCall is currently deputy staff director for the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations.

McCall was born May 6, 1942, in Detroit. He received a B.A. from Hastings College in 1964 and attended the University of Nebraska from 1964 to 1966.

In 1967 he was Wyoming field representative for the Teton National Life Insurance Co. He was a chemist for the Wyoming State Highway Department in 1968. From 1968 to 1971, McCall was a staff writer for United Press International.

From 1971 to 1977, he was legislative aide to Senator Gale McGee. He was legislative aide to Senators Hubert and Muriel Humphrey from 1977 to 1978. In 1978 he became a professional staff member for the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations and was promoted to deputy staff director in 1979.