Law Enforcement Assistance Administration Nomination of the Administrator and Two Deputy Administrators.

The President today announced three persons whom he will nominate for positions at the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration (LEAA). They are:

Norval Morris, of Chicago, to be Administrator of LEAA. Morris, 54, is dean of the University of Chicago Law School. He was director of the Center for Studies in Criminal Justice at the University of Chicago for 10 years. He has also served as director of the United Nations Institute for the Prevention of Crime and Treatment of Offenders. He has been a visiting professor or has served on the faculty of several universities in this country, England, and Australia.

Homer F. Broome, Jr., of Los Angeles, to be Deputy Administrator of LEAA for Administration. Broome, 47, is commanding officer of the commission service group for the Los Angeles Board of Police Commissioners. Broome has been with the Los Angeles Police Department since 1961, beginning as officer in charge of special operations for the community problems unit, juvenile division. He has held positions at the commander-of-police level since 1975.

Henry S. Dogin, of Armonk, N.Y., to be Deputy Administrator for Policy Development. Dogin, 43, is first deputy commissioner of the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services. Dogin was Deputy Regional Administrator of the New York Regional Office of LEAA from 1971 to 1973, and Deputy Assistant U.S. Attorney General for the Criminal Division from 1973 to 1975. In 1975 and 1976, he was Acting Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration.