Federal Emergency Management Agency Nomination of William H. Wilcox To Be an Associate Director.

The President today announced that he will nominate William H. Wilcox, of Harrisburg, Pa., to be an Associate Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, a new position. His area of responsibility would be response and recovery.

Wilcox has been Administrator of the Federal Disaster Assistance Administration since 1978.

He was born June 9, 1919, in Philadelphia, Pa. He received a B.A. from the University of Connecticut and an M.P.A. from Wayne University. He served in the Armed Forces from 1942 to 1945.

From 1954 to 1971, Wilcox was executive director of the Greater Philadelphia Movement. He also served as chairman of the Philadelphia Committee on City Policy and as a member of the Executive Board of Gaudenzia House.

From 1971 to 1978, Wilcox was secretary of community affairs of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. While in State government, he coordinated various State disaster recovery activities, including activities related to the Johnstown Flood of 1977. He also served as the State fuel allocation officer and directed a statewide home weatherization program for the elderly and low-income families.