Nomination of R. James Woolsey To Be a Member of the Board of Trustees of the Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation

The President today announced his intention to nominate R. James Woolsey to be a member of the Board of Trustees of the Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation for a term of 2 years. This is a new position.

Since 1979 Mr. Woolsey has been a partner in the law firm of Shea & Gardner in Washington, DC. Prior to this he was the Under Secretary of the Navy, 1977-1979. From 1973 to 1977, Mr. Woolsey was an associate with the law firm of Shea & Gardner.

Mr. Woolsey graduated from Stanford University (B.A., 1963) and Yale University Law School (LL.B., 1968). He served in the United States Army from 1968 to 1970. Mr. Woolsey was born on September 21, 1941, in Tulsa, OK. He is married, has three children, and currently resides in Chevy Chase, MD.