The President today announced that he will nominate Lindsay D. Norman, Jr., of Harwood, Md., to be Director of the Bureau of Mines. He would replace Roger Markle, resigned.
Norman has been Acting Director of the Bureau of Mines since 1979 and was previously the Bureau's Assistant Director for Program Development and Evaluation.
He was born October 14, 1937, in Drexel Hill, Pa. He received a B.S. (1960), M.S. (1964), and Ph.D. (1969) from the University of Maryland.
Norman joined the Bureau of Mines in 1960, while in graduate school. He served as a metallurgical engineer and a research supervisor. In 1970 he worked on development of the Bureau's metallurgy program and from 1971 to 1975, he was the Bureau's Special Assistant for Environmental Activities and chief adviser on all mineral-related matters concerning development, research, legislation, and regulations.
Norman has received the Bureau's Superior Performance Award and has served as a consultant to the United Nations on developing mining guidelines for Third World countries. He is the author of numerous publications.
Jimmy Carter, Bureau of Mines Nomination of Lindsay D. Norman, Jr., To Be Director. Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/252056