Department of Health, Education, and Welfare Nomination of Susanna B. McBee To Be an Assistant Secretary.

The President today announced that he will nominate Susanna B. McBee, of Los Angeles, Calif., to be an Assistant Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare. She would replace Eileen Shanahan, who has resigned, and her area of responsibility would be public affairs. McBee is currently a consultant at HEW and was previously a national staff writer for the Washington Post.

She was born March 28, 1935, in Santa Fe, N. Mex. She received an A.B. in journalism from the University of Southern California in 1956 and an M.A. in political science from the University of Chicago in 1962.

McBee was with the Washington Post from 1957 to 1965, as a copy aide for a year, then as a staff reporter covering general news, education, and civil rights. From 1965 to 1969, she was a Washington correspondent for Life magazine.

From 1970 to 1972, McBee was Washington editor for McCall's magazine. She returned to the Washington Post in 1973 as a national staff writer on urban affairs and Justice Department coverage. From 1974 to 1977, she was assistant national editor at the Post. She was a national staff writer covering urban affairs and Federal-State-local relations from 1977 until she joined HEW earlier this year.