Nomination of Dorcas R. Hardy To Be an Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services

The President today announced his intention to nominate Dorcas R. Hardy to be an Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services (Human Development Services). Miss Hardy is currently associate director of the University of Southern California's Center for Health Services Research. The multidisciplinary research center addresses economic, social, and health policy issues. In 1974 she was a health consultant with Media-Mark, Inc., specializing in the study of intergovernmental effectiveness of services for children. From January 1973 to April 1974, Miss Hardy was assistant secretary of health for the State of California. From 1971 to 1973, she was executive director of the Health Services Industry Committee of the Cost of Living Council.

Miss Hardy received a B.A. degree in 1968 from Connecticut College and an M.B.A. degree from Pepperdine University in 1976. She resides in Washington, D.C., and was born in Newark, N.J., on July 18, 1946.