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Nominations Submitted to the Senate

July 20, 1979

The following list does not include promotions of members of the Uniformed Services, nominations to the Service Academies, or nominations of Foreign Service officers.

Submitted July 16, 1979

DANIEL EDWARD LEACH, of Virginia, to be a member of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission for the term expiring July 1, 1984 (reappointment).

Submitted July 18, 1978

WILLIAM P. HOBGOOD, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Labor, vice Francis X. Burkhardt, resigned.

JAMES W. KEHOE, of Florida, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of Florida, vice a new position created by P.L. 95-486, approved October 20, 1978.

Submitted July 19, 1979

JACK RICHARD PERRY, of Georgia, a Foreign Service officer of Class one, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Bulgaria.

FRANK GEORGE WISNER II, of the District of Columbia, a Foreign Service officer of Class two, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Zambia.

DOUGLAS J. BENNET, JR., of Connecticut, to be Administrator of the Agency for International Development, vice John J. Gilligan, resigned.

DUDLEY H. BOWEN, JR., of Georgia, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of Georgia, vice a new position created by P.L. 95-486, approved October 20, 1978.

JUAN GUERRERO BURCIAGA, of New Mexico, to be United States District Judge for the District of New Mexico, vice a new position created by P.L. 95-486, approved October 20, 1978.

IRVIN B. SMITH, JR., of Delaware, to be United States Marshal for the District of Delaware for the term of 4 years, vice Peter J. McLaughlin, resigned.

THOMAS EHRLICH, of California, to be Director of the United States International Development Cooperation Agency ( new position).

Submitted July 20, 1979

BENJAMIN R. CIVILETTI, of Maryland, to be Attorney General, vice Griffin B. Bell, resigning.

PATRICIA ROBERTS HARRIS, of the District of Columbia, to be Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare.

Submitted July 20

THOMAS J. WATSON, JR., of Connecticut, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.

MORRIS ABRAM, of New York, to be Chairman of the President's Commission for the Study of Ethical Problems in Medicine and Biomedical and Behavioral Research (new position).

G. WILLIAM MILLER, of California, to be Secretary of the Treasury.

J. BRIAN ATWOOD, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of State, vice Douglas J. Bennet, Jr.

Jimmy Carter, Nominations Submitted to the Senate Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/249695

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