Nomination of Harry M. Singleton To Be an Assistant Secretary of Education

The President today announced his intention to nominate Harry M. Singleton to be Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, Department of Education. He would succeed Clarence Thomas.

Mr. Singleton is currently serving as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Congressional Affairs, Department of Commerce. He was minority chief counsel and staff director, Committee on the District of Columbia, U.S. House of Representatives, in 1979-1981. He was deputy minority counsel, Committee of the District of Columbia, U.S. House of Representatives, in 1977-1979. In 1976-1977, he was an associate with the law firm of Covington & Burling. He was an attorney in the Office of the General Counsel, Legislative Affairs Unit, Federal Trade Commission, in 1975-1976, and was a legislative consultant at the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research in 1975. Prior to that position, he was an associate with the law firm of Houston & Gardner in Washington, D.C.

Mr. Singleton graduated from Johns Hopkins University (B.A., 1971) and Yale Law School (J.D., 1974). He is married, has two children, and resides in Washington, D.C. He was born April 10, 1949.