Nomination of Donald Eugene Santarelli To Be a Member of the Board of Directors of the United States Synthetic Fuels Corporation

The President today announced his intention to nominate Donald Eugene Santarelli to be a member of the Board of Directors, U.S. Synthetic Fuels Corporation.

Mr. Santarelli has had a general law practice, in Washington, D.C., concentrating on government affairs. Since ] 975 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. From 1973 to 1974, he served as Administrator of the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration, Department of Justice. From 1969 to 1972, he was Associate Deputy Attorney General at the Department. From 1968 to 1969, he served as special counsel to the Senate Judiciary Committee on Constitutional Rights, Senator Sam Ervin, chairman. From 1967 to 1968, he was minority counsel to the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary. From 1966 to 1967, 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.