The President today announced his intention to nominate Arnold I. Burns to be Deputy Attorney General, Department of Justice. He would succeed D. Lowell Jensen.
Since January of this year Mr. Burns has been an Associate Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice. Previously, he was a managing partner with the law firm of Burns, Summit, Roving & Feldesman in New York City, 1960-1985; and he was in the U.S. Army, Judge Advocate General's Corps, 1953-1957.
Mr. Burns graduated from Union College (A.B., 1950) and Cornell Law School (J.D., 1953). He is married, has two children, and resides in Washington, DC. Mr. Burns was born April 14, 1930, in Brooklyn, NY.
Ronald Reagan, Nomination of Arnold I. Burns To Be Deputy Attorney General Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/258893