Nomination of Donald Eugene Santarelli To Be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation

The President today announced his intention to nominate Donald Eugene Santarelli to be a member of the Board of Directors of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation, United States International Development Cooperation Agency, for a term expiring December 17, 1983, vice Edward R. Marcus, term expired.

Mr. Santarelli has had a general law practice in Washington, D.C., concentrating on government affairs. Since 1975 he has been a member of the board of directors of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and is currently serving as chairman of the Program Advisory Committee of the board. In 1973-74 he served as Administrator of the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration, Department of Justice. In 1969-72 he was Associate Deputy Attorney General at the Department. In 1968-69 he served as special counsel to the Senate Judiciary Committee on Constitutional Rights, Senator Sam Ervin, chairman. In 1967-68 he was minority counsel to the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary. In 1966-67 he served as Assistant U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia.

Mr. Santarelli graduated from Mount St. Mary's College in 1955 and from the University of Virginia Law School in 1962. Mr. Santarelli was born July 22, 1937, in Hershey, Pa. He resides in Alexandria, Va.