Nomination of Alfred S. Regnery To Be Administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

The President today announced his intention to nominate Alfred S. Regnery to be Administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, Department of Justice. This is a new position.

Since 1981 he has served as Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Land and Natural Resources Division, at the Department of Justice. He was chief legislative counsel to Senator Paul Laxalt and chief minority counsel, Judiciary Committee, in 1979-1981. He was minority counsel, antitrust subcommittee, Senate Judiciary Committee, in 1978-1979. He practiced law with the firm of Stroud, Stroud, Willink, Thompson & Howard in 1972-1977.

Mr. Regnery graduated from Beloit College (B.A., 1965) and the University of Wisconsin Law School (J.D., 1971). He is married, has four children, and resides in Fairfax, Va. He was born November 21, 1942, in Chicago, Ill.