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Nomination of Lennie-Marie P. Tolliver To Be Commissioner of the Administration on Aging

May 23, 1981

The President today announced his intention to nominate Lennie-Marie P. Tolliver to be Commissioner on Aging, Department of Health and Human Services.

Since 1964 Dr. Tolliver has been professor, associate director, and graduate program coordinator, School of Social Work, University of Oklahoma. In 1961-64 she was assistant professor of field work, School of Social Service Administration, University of Chicago. She worked as a caseworker in 1961-62 for the Family Service Bureau, United Charities, Chicago, Ill. In 1959 Dr. Tolliver was supervisor and acting director, Department of Social Work, Johnstone Training and Research Center, Bordentown, NJ. She was instructor and acting supervisor, Psychiatric Social Work, Duke University Medical Center, in 1956-58.

Dr. Tolliver is former chairperson of the Health and Welfare Committee and vice president of the Oklahoma City Urban League. She was chairperson of the Oklahoma Black Republican Council in 1972-78 and alternate delegate to the 1980 Republican National Convention.

Dr. Tolliver was graduated from the Hampton Institute (B.S., 1950; A.M., 1952); University of Chicago (P.M., 1961); and Union Graduate School, Union for Experimental Colleges and Universities (Ph.D., 1979).

Dr. Tolliver is married and resides in Oklahoma City, Okla. She was born December 1, 1928, in Cleveland, Ohio.

Ronald Reagan, Nomination of Lennie-Marie P. Tolliver To Be Commissioner of the Administration on Aging Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/246368

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