Nomination of Carol McGrew Pavilack To Be a Commissioner of the United States Parole Commission

The President today announced his intention to nominate Carol McGrew Pavilack to be a Commissioner of the United States Parole Commission, Department of Justice, for a term of 6 years. She would succeed Dorothy Parker.

Since 1980 she has been serving as technical adviser to the Maricopa County Alternatives to Incarceration Commission. She has been a member of the Arizona Board of Pardons and Paroles since 1978 and served as vice-chairman in 1978-1980. She was a member of the Criminal Advisory Committee in Phoenix, Ariz., in 1973-1978.

She graduated from Wellesley College (B.A., 1960) and Arizona State University (M.S., 1978). She has one child and resides in Phoenix, Ariz. She was born April 9, 1938.