Nomination of Elliot Ross Buckley To Be a Member of the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission

The President today announced his intention to nominate Elliot Ross Buckley to be a member of the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission for a term expiring April 27, 1989. He would succeed Bertram R. Cottine.

Mr. Buckley is currently General Counsel of the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission. Previously he served as Chief of the Freedom of Information/ Privacy Act Unit, the Department of Justice, Office of Legal Support Services, Criminal Division (1975-1982); Attorney in Charge, Immunity and Records Unit (1969-1975); assistant principal and teacher, Sam Barthe School for Boys, New Orleans (1964-1969); attorney, private practice of law, New Orleans (1959-1964); and attorney, legal department, Gulf Oil Corp., New Orleans (1956-1959).

Mr. Buckley graduated from the University of Texas (B.A., 1943) and Tulane University Law School (J.D., 1949). He is married, has five children, and resides in Vienna, Va. He was born June 18, 1921, in New York, N.Y.