Nomination of Lawrence Y. Goldberg To Be General Counsel of the Federal Labor Relations Authority

The President today announced his intention to nominate Lawrence Y. Goldberg to be General Counsel of the Federal Labor Relations Authority for a term of 5 years. He would succeed H. Stephan Gordon.

Mr. Goldberg is currently a consultant to the Department of Education, having recently completed assignment as Assistant Administrator, External Affairs, Community Services Administration. Prior to that, he was president of Lawrence Y. Goldberg Associates, Inc., in 1977-1980; Assistant Director of the Federal Preparedness Agency in 1974-1977; and vice president of Brandeis University in Waltham, Mass., in 1973-1974. In 1973 he served as special adviser to the Counsellor to the President for Community Development.

Mr. Goldberg graduated from Brown University (A.B., 1953) and Harvard Law School (J.D., 1956). He is married and has two children. He was born July 21, 1931.