Nomination of Everett Alvarez, Jr., To Be Deputy Director of the Peace Corps

The President today announced his intention to nominate Everett Alvarez, Jr., to be Deputy Director of the Peace Corps, ACTION.

Mr. Alvarez is currently a law clerk with the firm of Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner of Washington, D.C. He was assistant program manager for the U.S. Navy's A-4 aircraft program in 1976-80.

Mr. Alvarez is a career aviator and was a Navy pilot in 1963-80. He was the longest held prisoner of war in North Vietnam (8 1/2 years). Upon his return, he established the Everett Alvarez, Jr., Scholarship Foundation with personal funds raised by lecturing. The foundation is now administered by the University of Santa Clara, California.

Mr. Alvarez was graduated from the University of Santa Clara (B.S., 1960) and Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, Calif. (M.S., 1976). He is currently enrolled at the National Law Center, George Washington University.

Mr. Alvarez is married, has two children, and resides in Rockville, Md. He was born in Salinas, Calif., on December 23, 1937.