United States International Development Cooperation Agency Nomination of Thomas Ehrlich to Be Director.

The President today announced that he will nominate Thomas Ehrlich, of California, to be Director of the United States International Development Cooperation Agency. This is a new position created by Reorganization Plan No. 2.

Ehrlich was born March 4, 1934, in Cambridge, Mass. He received an A.B. (1956) from Harvard College and an LL.B. (1959) from Harvard Law School.

From 1962 to 1964, he was special assistant to the Legal Advisor at the State Department and then special assistant to the Under Secretary at State from 1964 to 1965. Ehrlich was professor (1965-1971) and dean (1971-1975) at Stanford University Law School. From 1976 to 1979, he was President of the Legal Services Corporation. Since April of this year he has been a consultant at the State Department.