Nomination of J. Michael Dorsey To Be an Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development

The President today announced his intention to nominate J. Michael Dorsey to be an Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (Public and Indian Housing). He would succeed Warren T. Lindquist.

Mr. Dorsey is presently a partner with the law firm of Stinson, Mag & Fizell in Kansas City, MO. Previously, he was an assistant attorney general for former Missouri Attorney General John C. Danforth, 1973-1974; and with the Legal Aid and Defender Society of Greater Kansas City, Inc., as an assistant director, managing attorney, and staff attorney, 1969-1973.

Mr. Dorsey graduated from Stanford University (B.A., 1965) and the University of Missouri-Kansas City (J.D., 1968; LL.M., 1973). He is married, has two children, and resides in Kansas City, MO. He was born February 6, 1943, in Kansas City, MO.