Nomination of Juan A. del Real To Be General Counsel of the Department of Health and Human Services
The President today announced his intention to nominate Juan A. del Real to be General Counsel of the Department of Health and Human Services.
Since April 1980 Mr. del Real has served as Assistant General Counsel, Health Care Financing and Human Development Services Divisions, Department of Health and Human Services. He was mainly responsible for providing legal services to the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) and the Office of the Secretary with respect to the Medicare and Medicaid programs. In 1968-80 he was a partner with the firm of Hill, Christopher and Phillips of Washington, D.C. Mr. del Real was special assistant to the president of Central Aguirre Sugar Co. of San Juan, P.R., in 1967-68. In 1966-67 he was assigned to the international financing department of Surrey, Karasik, Gould & Greene of Washington, D.C.
Mr. del Real attended Tulane University (1957-59); Havana University Law School (1959-60) and was graduated from St. Louis University Law School (J.D., 1966). He is a member of the American, District of Columbia, and Missouri Bar Associations.
Mr. del Real is married, has three children, and resides with his family in Potomac, Md. He was born in Cuba on November 4, 1939, and became a naturalized American citizen of the United States on January 5, 1967.
Ronald Reagan, Nomination of Juan A. del Real To Be General Counsel of the Department of Health and Human Services Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/246828