Nomination of J. Robinson West To Be an Assistant Secretary of the Interior

The President today announced his intention to nominate J. Robinson West to be an Assistant Secretary of the Interior (Policy, Budget and Administration).

Mr. West was a member of the Presidential personnel transition staff. In 1977-80 he was vice president and subsequently first vice president of Blyth, Eastman, Dillon and Co., an investment banking firm. Mr. West served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Economic Affairs in 1976-77, assistant to the Secretary of Defense in 1976, and as a member of the White House staff in 1974-76. He has served on a number of advisory commissions, including the National Advisory Committee on Oceans and Atmosphere in 1977. He was elected a member and secretary of the Chester County Government Study Commission and served as a trustee of the United Fund of Greater Philadelphia. He was also director of the Health and Welfare Council of Chester County. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Mr. West was selected as one of the Ten Outstanding Young Men in Pennsylvania.

Mr. West graduated from the University of North Carolina (B.A., 1968) and Temple University (J.D., 1973). He resides in Unionville, Pa., and was born in Bryn Mawr, Pa., on September 16, 1946.