National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Nomination of James P. Walsh To Be Deputy Administrator.

The President today announced that he will nominate James P. Walsh, of Washington, D.C., to be Deputy Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. He would replace Howard W. Pollock, resigned.

Walsh was born December 28, 1944, in North Bend, Oreg. He received an A.B. from Stanford University in 1967, and a J.D. (1970) and LL.M. (1971) from the University of Washington.

In 1971 and 1972, Walsh was assistant attorney general of the State of Washington, where his duties included serving as counsel to the Oceanographic Commission of Washington. From 1972 to 1977, he was staff counsel to the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee and counsel to the Senate Ocean Policy Study.

Since 1977 Walsh has been general counsel of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and director of the National Ocean Policy Study.

Walsh is a member of the Law of the Sea Advisory Committee at the State Department. He has attended several international conferences on the law of the sea.