Nomination of Robert Melvin Worthington To Be an Assistant Secretary of Education

The President today announced his intention to nominate Robert Melvin Worthington to be Assistant Secretary for Vocational and Adult Education, Department of Education.

Since 1979 Mr. Worthington has served as associate commissioner of higher education, Utah State Board of Regents. In 1974-79 he was chairman and senior research associate, Career Development Associated, Inc., Princeton, N.J. He was a visiting professor of education, Rutgers University Graduate School of Education in 1973-74. In 1971-73 Mr. Worthington was Associate U.S. Commissioner of Education; Director, Bureau of Adult, Vocational and Technical Education, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. He was assistant commissioner of education; director, Division of Vocational Education, New Jersey State Department of Education in 1965-71. In 1958-65 Mr. Worthington was professor and chairman, Department of Industrial Education and Technology, Trenton State College, Trenton, N.J. He previously served as an instructor and teaching assistant at Purdue University and the University of Minnesota.

Mr. Worthington was graduated from Eastern Kentucky State University (B.S., 1948) and the University of Minnesota (M.A., 1949; Ph.D., 1958).

Mr. Worthington resides in Salt Lake City, Utah. He was born in Saskatchewan, Canada, on May 31, 1922. He is a naturalized American citizen. He served as an officer in the U.S. Army Air Corps in 1942-47. He is a recipient of many educational honors, including the University of Minnesota Board of Regents Outstanding Achievement Award in 1975.