Department of the Army Nomination of Michael Blumenfeld To Be an Assistant Secretary.

The President today announced that he will nominate Michael Blumenfeld, of Washington, D.C., to be Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works.

Blumenfeld was born November 10, 1934, in Brooklyn, N.Y. He received a B.A. from Harvard College in 1958 and an M.B.A. from Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration in 1960. He served in the U.S. Army from 1953 to 1956.

From 1960 to 1967, Blumenfeld was an account executive, then vice president and account supervisor, for Benton & Bowles, Inc., Advertising. From 1967 to 1969, he was Director of Public Affairs and Education for the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. From 1969 to 1970, he was assistant to the vice president, public affairs, of Consolidated Edison Co. of New York.

From 1970 to 1973, Blumenfeld was deputy health services administrator of the city of New York. From 1973 to 1977, he was director of public affairs for New York University.

Since March 1977, Blumenfeld has been Deputy Under Secretary of the Army. In this position he oversees the Army's civil works program, a job which has included encouraging effective dialog between the Army Corps of Engineers and environmental groups and formulation of the Army's proposal for a non-Federal dam safety program.