Nomination of Richard Fairbanks To Be an Assistant Secretary of State

The President today announced his intention to nominate Richard Fairbanks as Assistant Secretary of State for Congressional Relations.

Mr. Fairbanks is a partner in the law firm of Beveridge, Fairbanks and Diamond. From 1969 to 1971, he was an associate with Arnold and Porter, and in the summer of 1968, he was with Covington and Burling.

From January to June 1971, Mr. Fairbanks served as special assistant to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency [EPA], and from July 1971 to December 1972, he served as a staff assistant at EPA. From December 1972 to April 1974, he served as Associate Director, Natural Resources, Energy, and Environment at EPA, and from July 1971 to April 1974, he served on the President's Domestic Council. From 1974 to 1977, Mr. Fairbanks served as a member of President Ford's Citizens' Advisory Committee on Environmental Quality.

In 1962 Mr. Fairbanks received his A.B. degree from Yale University, and in 1969 he received his J.D. degree from Columbia University School of Law. He served in the U.S. Navy from 1962 to 1966.

Mr. Fairbanks has been admitted to the District of Columbia Bar and to practice before the Supreme Court of the United States. He is a trustee of Meridian House International and a member of the Council on Natural Resources of the Republican National Committee. He is the founder of the American Refugee Committee of Washington, D.C.

He was born on February 10, 1941, in Indianapolis, Ind. He and his wife, Ann, have two children and reside in the District of Columbia.