The President today announced his intention to nominate Arnold I. Burns to be Associate Attorney General, Department of Justice. He would succeed D. Lowell Jensen.
Since 1960 Mr. Burns has been a partner in the law firm of Burns, Jackson, Miller, Summit & Jacoby in New York City. Previously, he was an associate with the firm of Dewey, Ballantine, Bushby, Palmer & Wood in New York City.
He graduated from Union College (A.B., 1950) and Cornell University (J.D., 1953). He is married, has two children, and resides in New York, NY. He was born April 14, 1930, in Brooklyn, NY.
Ronald Reagan, Nomination of Arnold I. Burns To Be Associate Attorney General Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/258944