Department of Energy Nomination of John C. Sawhill To Be Deputy Secretary.

The President today announced that he will nominate John C. Sawhill, of New York City, to be Deputy Secretary of Energy. He would replace John O'Leary, resigned.

Sawhill is president of New York University.

He was born June 12, 1936, in Cleveland, Ohio. He received an A.B. from Princeton University in 1958 and a Ph.D. from New York University in 1963.

Sawhill was with Merrill, Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith in Washington from 1958 to 1960, and was associate dean of New York University School of Business Administration from 1960 to 1963. He was director of credit research and planning for Commercial Credit Corporation in Baltimore from 1963 to 1965.

From 1965 to 1968, Sawhill was senior' associate with McKinsey & Company in Washington. He returned to Commercial Credit from 1968 to 1973 as senior vice president for planning.

In 1973 and 1974, Sawhill was Associate Director of the Office of Management and Budget for Natural Resources, Energy and Science. He was with the Federal Energy Administration in 1974 as Deputy Administrator, then Administrator. He has been president of New York University since 1975.