Nomination of J. Clarence Davies To Be an Assistant Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency

The President today announced his intention to nominate J. Clarence Davies to be an Assistant Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (Policy and Evaluation). He would succeed Linda J. Fisher.

Since 1976 Dr. Davies has been executive vice president for the Conservation Foundation in Washington, DC. Prior to this, he was a fellow for Resources for the Future, Inc., 1973 - 1976. He was a senior staff member for the Council on Environmental Quality, Executive Office of the President, 1970 - 1973. Dr. Davies has served as an assistant professor of politics and public affairs at Princeton University, 1967 - 1970; and chief examiner for environmental and consumer protection in the Bureau of the Budget in the Executive Office of the President, 1965 - 1967.

Dr. Davies graduated from Dartmouth College (B.A., 1959) and Columbia University (Ph.D., 1965). He was born November 16, 1937, in New York, NY, and currently resides in Bethesda, MD.