Nomination of David S. Swoap To Be Under Secretary of Health and Human Services

The President today announced his intention to nominate David B. Swoap to be Under Secretary of Health and Human Services. Mr. Swoap is currently legislative director in the office of William Armstrong, United States Senator from Colorado, a position in which he has served since February 1979.

From October 1976 to February 1979, Mr. Swoap served as a professional staff member on the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance. He served as a senior research associate with the Republican Study Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives from February 1975 to October 1976, and from February 1974 to January 1975, Mr. Swoap served as director of the California State Department of Benefit Payments. From May 1973 to February 1974, he served as director of the California State Department of Social Welfare, and from March to May 1973, he served as chief deputy director and acting director of that department. Mr. Swoap served as assistant secretary of the California State Personnel Board from February 1972 to March 1973, and from February 1967 to February 1972, he served as district coordinator for California State Senator Howard Way. Mr. Swoap served as a consultant to the California Senate Fact Finding Committee on Labor and Welfare from September 1965 to February 1967, and from September 1964 to August 1965, he served as assistant administrative analyst in the office of the legislative analyst of the joint legislative budget committee of the California State Legislature. Mr. Swoap was employed by the Conlin Travel Bureau (Ann Arbor, Mich.) from January to May 1964 and served as a legislative assistant to California Assemblyman Hoston Flournoy from September to December 1962. From 1956 to 1958, he served as clerk in the office of Congressman Donald E. Tewes (Wisconsin).

Mr. Swoap received a B.A. degree from Denison University in 1959 and an M.A. (in government) from Claremont Graduate School in 1961. He is a member of Phi Beta Kappa and Omicron Delta Kappa. He served as a member of the U.S. Army Reserve from February 1963 to January 1969. Mr. Swoap is a member of the American Public Welfare Association and the National Welfare Fraud Association.

Mr. Swoap was born on August 12, 1937. He is single and resides in Fairfax, Va.