Nomination of Theodore J. Garrish To Be General Counsel of the Department of Energy

The President today announced his intention to nominate Theodore J. Garrish to be General Counsel of the Department of Energy. He would succeed R. Tenney Johnson

Mr. Garrish is serving as special assistant to the Secretary of Energy. Previously he was legislative counsel at the Department of the Interior in 1981-1982; partner in the Washington, D.C., law firm of Deane, Snowdon, Shutler, Garrish and Gherardi in 1978-1981; General Counsel at the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission in 1976-1978; assistant to the Secretary of the Interior in 1976 and 1974-1975; assistant to the Special Counsel at the White House in 1974; and senior trial attorney and chief of advertising evaluation section at the Federal Trade Commission in 1973-1974.

He graduated from the University of Michigan (A.B., 1964) and Wayne State University (J.D., 1968). He has two children and resides in Alexandria, Va. He was born January 6, 1943, in Detroit, Mich.