Nomination of William R. Gianelli To Be an Assistant Secretary of the Army

The President today announced his intention to nominate William R. Gianelli to be Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works).

Since 1973 Mr. Gianelli has been a consulting civil engineer in California. He has served as chairman, Monterey Peninsula Water Management District, in 1978-80 and California director of the National Water Resources Association in 1967-73. In 1973-76 he was appointed by the President as a member of the National Commission on Water Quality.

In 1960-67 Mr. Gianelli was senior partner, Gianelli and Murray, consulting engineers. In 1959-60 he was district engineer, southern district, California State Department of Water Resources. Mr. Gianelli was staff engineer and special assistant to the director of the California State Department of Water Resources in 1956-59.

In 1941-45 he served in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. He was graduated from the University of California (B.S., 1941). He received the Distinguished Service Award of the California Council of Civil Engineers and Land Surveyors in 1972 and received the Citizen Award from the Department of the Interior in 1975 in recognition of outstanding leadership in the effective development of the nation's water resources.

Mr. Gianelli is married and has two children. He resides with his family in Monterey, Calif. Mr. Gianelli was born in Stockton, Calif., on February 19, 1919.