Nomination of Edward J. Philbin To Be a Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense

The President today announced his intention to nominate Edward J. Philbin to be Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs.

Since 1979 Dr. Philbin has been Commander AFIS/RE Detached Training Site 10 at March Air Force Base in California. From 1978 to 1979, he was visiting professor of international law, Air War College, Maxwell Air Force Base in Alabama. From 1972 to 1976, he was Training Officer, Operations and Executive Officer, Air Force Intelligence Service Detachment Training Site 10, March A.F.B. In civilian life, he is a tenured professor of law and former assistant dean at the University of San Diego School of Law.

Dr. Philbin graduated from San Diego State University in 1957 and from the University of San Diego School of Law in 1965. He was born August 7, 1932, in New York, N.Y., and resides in San Diego, Calif.