Appointment of Joseph A. Latham, Jr., as Staff Director of the Commission on Civil Rights

The President today announced his intention to appoint Joseph A. Latham, Jr., to be Staff Director of the Commission on Civil Rights. He will succeed Linda Chavez Gersten.

Since 1983 Mr. Latham has been serving as Chief Counsel at the National Labor Relations Board. Previously he was an attorney with the law firm of Paul, Hastings, Janofsky and Walker of Atlanta, GA, and Los Angeles, CA, in 1976-1983.

He graduated from Yale University (B.A., 1973) and Vanderbilt University (J.D., 1976). He is married and resides in Alexandria, VA. He was born September 16, 1951, in Kinston, NC.