Commission on Civil Rights Nomination of Louis Nunez to Be Staff Director.

The President today announced that he will nominate Louis Nunez, of Silver Spring, Md., to be Staff Director for the Commission on Civil Rights. He would replace John Buggs, resigned.

Nunez was born October 20, 1931, in New York City. He graduated from City College of New York in 1953. He served in the U.S. Army in Korea and did graduate work at City College and New York University in education and public administration.

Nunez has been at the Commission on Civil Rights since 1972, serving as Deputy Staff Director until January 1978. Since then he has been Acting Staff Director.

Prior to joining the Commission on Civil Rights, Nunez was national executive director of ASPIRA of America, a national, nonprofit organization providing education and leadership development programs for Puerto Rican youth.