Department of State Nomination of K. Mathea Falco To Be Assistant Secretary for International Narcotics Matters.

The President today announced that he will nominate K. Mathea Falco, of Washington, D.C., to be Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics Matters.

Falco was born October 15, 1944, in Montgomery, Ala. She received a B.A. from Radcliffe College in 1965 and a J.D. from Yale Law School in 1968.

From 1968 to 1969, Falco was law clerk to the Chief Judge and Administrator of the Criminal Justice Act in the Juvenile Court of the District of Columbia. From 1969 to 1971, she was assistant to the Director of the National Office of Legal Services at the Office of Economic Opportunity.

From 1971 to 1973, Falco was chief counsel and staff director of the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Juvenile Delinquency. From 1973 to 1977, she was special assistant to the president of the Drug Abuse Council. Since 1977 she has been senior adviser to the Secretary of State and Director for International Narcotics Control Matters. She is the author of several articles on drug abuse.