Nomination of Clarence H. Albright, Jr., To Be General Counsel of the Department of Housing and Urban Development

The President today announced his intention to nominate Clarence H. Albright, Jr., of Virginia, to be General Counsel of the Department of Housing and Urban Development. He would succeed Francis Anthony Keating II.

Since 1990, Mr. Albright has served as Principal Deputy General Counsel in the Office of the General Counsel at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development in Washington, DC, and as Deputy General Counsel, 1989 - 90. Prior to this, he served as Deputy Associate Attorney General at the Department of Justice, 1988 - 89, and senior special assistant to the Assistant Attorney General at the U.S. Department of Justice, 1987 - 88.

Mr. Albright graduated from Presbyterian College in South Carolina (B.A., 1974) and George Mason University School of Law (J.D., 1980). He was born January 2, 1950, in Rock Hill, SC. Mr. Albright resides in Alexandria, VA.