Nomination of John B. Crowell, Jr., To Be an Assistant Secretary of Agriculture

The President announced today his intention to nominate John B. Crowell, Jr., to be an Assistant Secretary of Agriculture (Natural Resources and Environment).

Since 1972 Mr. Crowell has served as general counsel to the Louisiana-Pacific Corp. of Portland, Oreg. He was an attorney for the Georgia-Pacific Corp. in 1959-72. In 1957-59 Mr. Crowell served as law clerk to Judge Gerald McLaughlin, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.

Mr. Crowell was graduated from Dartmouth College (1952) and Harvard Law School (LL.B., 1957). He is a member of the New Jersey, Oregon, and American Bar Associations. He is a member of the National Forest Products Association, the Western Timber Association, and the Public Timber Purchasers Group of Portland.

Mr. Crowell is married to the former Margaret McCue and has three children. He resides with his family in Lake Oswego, Oreg. Mr. Crowell was born in Elizabeth, N.J., on March 18, 1930.