Nomination of Lawrence F. Davenport To Be an Assistant Secretary of Education

The President today announced his intention to nominate Lawrence F. Davenport to be Assistant Secretary for Elementary and Secondary Education, Department of Education. He would succeed Vincent E. Reed who has resigned.

Since 1981 Dr. Davenport has served as Associate Director of the ACTION agency (Domestic and Anti-Poverty Operations). From 1979 to 1981, Dr. Davenport was provost of the San Diego Community College District. In that position he served as the chief academic officer of the second largest district in the State of California and the third largest district in the United States. From 1974 to 1979, he was president of the San Diego Community College Educational Cultural Complex. Dr. Davenport served as vice president for development of Tuskegee Institute in 1972-1974. In 1969-1972 he was director of special projects at the University of Michigan (Flint) and in 1972 was assistant dean for special projects. In 1968-1969 he was assistant director of student activities at Lansing Community College in Michigan.

In 1970 he was appointed by President Nixon to serve on the National Advisory Council on Vocational Education and in 1971 was appointed Chairman. In 1972 Dr. Davenport was appointed by the Secretary of Labor to the National Manpower Advisory Council. He was appointed by President Nixon to the National Advisory Council on Equality of Educational Opportunity in 1973.

Dr. Davenport graduated from Michigan State University (B.A., 1968) and Farleigh Dickinson (Ph.D., 1975). He resides in Spring Valley, Calif. He was born on October 13, 1944.