Federal Emergency Management Agency Nomination of Richard J. Green To Be an Associate Director.

The President today announced that he will nominate Richard J. Green, of Bricktown, N.J., to be an Associate Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, a new position. Green has been Deputy Assistant Director of the National Science Foundation since 1972.

He was born April 15, 1928, in Newark, N.J. He received a B.S. in biology from Holy Cross College in 1949 and an M.S. in physics from Fordham University in 1955.

From 1955 to 1957, Green was program manager for Pratt & Whitney Aircraft. From 1957 to 1961, he was supervisor of nuclear and aerospace lubricants development for Mobil Oil Company. From 1961 to 1962, he was chief of aircraft maintenance and armament for the U.S. Air Force.

From 1963 to 1966, Green was an executive assistant at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, where he worked on joint NASA-Defense Department matters in the Office of the Administrator. From 1966 to 1970, he was manager of the Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments program for NASA.

From 1970 to 1972, Green was operations deputy at the National Science Foundation. Since 1972 he has been Deputy Assistant Director of NSF, where he has planned and directed the National Solar and Geothermal Energy Research and Development programs and managed the Research Applied to National Needs program.