Department of Defense Nomination of John Howard Moxley III To Be an Assistant Secretary.

The President today announced that he will nominate John Howard Moxley III, of La Jolla, Calif., to be Assistant Secretary of Defense. His area of responsibility would be health affairs, and he would replace Robert N. Smith, who has resigned.

Moxley is currently vice chancellor for health sciences and dean of the School of Medicine of the University of California at San Diego.

He was born January 10, 1935, in Elizabeth, N.J. He received an A.B. from Williams College in 1957 and an M.D. from the University of Colorado School of Medicine in 1961.

Moxley was at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in Boston from 1961 to 1963 as medical house officer, then assistant resident physician. From 1963 to 1965, he was a clinical associate at the National Cancer Institute. From 1965 to 1966, he was a senior resident at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital.

From 1966 to 1969, Moxley was an instructor in medicine and assistant to the dean of Harvard Medical School. From 1969 to 1973, he was dean of the University of Maryland School of Medicine and associate professor of medicine. Since 1973 he has been at the University of California at San Diego.

Moxley is the author of numerous articles. He has served as a member of the President's National Advisory Commission on Health Manpower and as a clinical associate and consultant at veterans hospitals.