Nomination of David L. Slate To Be General Counsel of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

The President today announced his intention to nominate David L. Slate to be General Counsel of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission for a term of 4 years. He would succeed Michael Joseph Connolly. Since 1974 Mr. Slate has been a partner in the law firm of Morrison & Foerster in San Francisco, Calif. He was manager of consumer products for California Almond Orchards in Bakersfield, Calif., in 1965-1971.

He graduated from San Francisco State University (B.A, 1965) and the University of California Hastings College of Law (J.D., 1974). He is married, has three children, and resides in San Rafael, Calif. He was born January 13, 1942.