Department of Agriculture Nomination of Dale E. Hathaway To Be Under Secretary for International Affairs and Commodity Programs.

The President today announced that he will nominate Dale E. Hathaway to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for International Affairs and Commodity Programs, a new position.

Hathaway is currently an Assistant Secretary of Agriculture, with primary responsibility for international affairs and commodity programs.

Hathaway, 53, was director of the International Food Policy Research Institute before his appointment as Assistant Secretary of Agriculture in March 1977. He has also served as a program adviser in agriculture for the Ford Foundation's Asia and Pacific Program.