Nomination of Francis X. Lilly To Be Solicitor of the Department of Labor

The President today announced his intention to nominate Francis X. Lilly to be Solicitor for the Department of Labor. He would succeed Timothy Ryan, Jr.

Since January 1982 Mr. Lilly has been serving as Deputy Solicitor of the U.S. Department of Labor. Previously he was Executive Assistant to the Chairman of the Board, U.S. Synthetic Fuels Corporation, in 1981; consultant to the Office of the Chief of Staff and to the Counsel's Office, the White House, in 1981; junior partner in the law firm of Bryan, Cave, McPheeters & McRoberts in Washington, D.C., in 1979-1981; and an associate with the law firm of Arent, Fox, Kintner, Plotkin & Kahn in Washington, D.C., in 1973-1978.

Mr. Lilly graduated from Duke University (A.B., 1969) and the Catholic University of America (J.D., 1973). He is married, has four children, and resides in Bethesda, Md. He was born July 27, 1946, in Washington, D.C.