Nomination of Malcolm M.B. Sterrett To Be General Counsel of the Department of Health and Human Services

The President today announced his intention to nominate Malcolm M.B. Sterrett to be General Counsel of the Department of Health and Human Services. He would succeed Ronald E. Robertson.

Since 1982 Mr. Sterrett has been a member of the Interstate Commerce Commission in Washington, DC. Prior to this he was vice president and general counsel of the U.S. Railway Association, 1980-1982. He has also served as minority staff director and counsel for the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, 1976-1980. He was minority staff counsel for the Senate Committee on Commerce, 1972-1976.

Mr. Sterrett graduated from Princeton University (B.A., 1964) and Vanderbilt University School of Law (J.D., 1967). He was born September 21, 1942, in Norwalk, CT. Mr. Sterrett served in the U.S. Marine Corps. He is married, has one child, and resides in Bethesda, MD.