United States Parole Commission Nomination of Richard T. Mulcrone To Be a Commissioner.

The President today announced that he will nominate Richard T. Mulcrone, of Shakopee, Minn., to be a Commissioner of the United States Parole Commission for a 6-year term.

Mulcrone was born May 23, 1934, in St. Paul, Minn. He attended St. Thomas College and the University of Minnesota. He served in the U.S. Army in 1954 and 1955.

In 1953 and 1954, Mulcrone was a police patrolman for St. Paul. In 1956 he was a roving gang worker, and from 1957 to 1959, he was a probation officer for Scott County, Minn. Mulcrone was with the counties of Carver and Scott, Minn., from 1959 to 1972, serving as a probation officer, director of court services, and family court referee. In 1973 he was court administrator for Scott County.

Since 1973 Mulcrone has been chairman of the Minnesota Corrections Board, which is Minnesota's first fulltime paroling authority. He has been a member of the Governor's Commission on Law Enforcement, Courts, and Corrections and the Administration of Criminal Justice, and a commissioner on the Governor's Commission on Crime Control and Prevention. He has written several articles and a manual on juvenile delinquency, and has lectured at police training schools and universities.