Department of Justice Nomination of Gilbert G. Pompa To Be Director of the Community Relations Service.

The President today announced that he will nominate Gilbert G. Pompa, of San Antonio, Tex., to be Director of the Community Relations Service at the Justice Department. He would replace Benjamin F. Holman, who has resigned.

Pompa was born October 1, 1931, in Devine, Tex. He received an LL.B. from St. Mary's University in 1958. He served in the U.S. Air Force from 1950 to 1952.

Pompa practiced law in San Antonio from 1958 to 1960. From 1960 to 1963, he was assistant city attorney for San Antonio, and from 1963 to 1967, he was assistant district attorney of Bexar County, Tex.

Pompa has been with the Community Relations Service since 1967, serving as a field representative, then assistant director for field services, then equal opportunity officer. He has been Deputy Director since 1976 and Acting Director since 1977.