Nomination of Jay Fleron Morris To Be an Assistant Administrator of the Agency for International Development

The President today announced his intention to nominate Jay Fleron Morris to be Assistant Administrator of the Agency for International Development (External Affairs), United States International Development Cooperation Agency.

Mr. Morris is presently executive recruiter, Office of Presidential Personnel, the White House. He was deputy director of administration during the transition. In August-November 1980 he was a member of the Reagan-Bush planning task force and regional finance director of the Reagan for President Committee in 1979-80.

In 1979-80 Mr. Morris was government relations adviser with the firm of Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease of Washington, D.C. He was Executive Director of the President's Commission on Personnel Interchange in 1976-78. In 1975-76 he was manager of Federal transportation programs of Motorola, Inc. Mr. Morris was senior administrative assistant to the county executive, Prince Georges County, Md., in 1971-74. He was research and legislative assistant to Senator James B. Pearson (R-Kans.) in 1967-71.

Mr. Morris was graduated from the University of Maryland (B.S., 1963; M.S., 1965) and Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (Ph.D., 1967).

Mr. Morris is married, has one child, and resides in Adelphi, Md. He was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, on February 21, 1941.