Nominations Submitted to the Senate

The following list does not include promotions of members of the Uniformed Services, nominations to the Service Academies, or nominations of Foreign Service officers.

Submitted April 25, 1977

PERCY ANTHONY PIERRE, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Army, vice Edward Alan Miller.

WILLIAM ANTONIO MEDINA, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, vice Thomas G. Cody, resigned.

ADRIAN PAUL WINKEL, of Maryland, to be High Commissioner of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, vice Edward E. Johnson, resigned.

MABEL MURPHY SMYTHE, of Connecticut, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the United Republic of Cameroon.

LOWELL BRUCE LAINGEN, of Minnesota, a Foreign Service officer of Class one, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Malta, to which office he was appointed during the last recess of the Senate.

DONALD R. NORLAND, of Iowa, a Foreign Service officer of Class one, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Botswana, to which office he was appointed during the last recess of the Senate.

DONALD R. NORLAND, of Iowa, a Foreign Service officer of Class one, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Kingdom of Lesotho, to which office he was appointed during the last recess of the Senate.

DONALD R. NORLAND, of Iowa, a Foreign Service officer of Class one, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Kingdom of Swaziland, to which office he was appointed during the last recess of the Senate.

MALCOLM TOON, of Maryland, a Foreign Service officer of the Class of Career Minister, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Union of Soviet Social Republics, to which office he was appointed during the last recess of the Senate.

Withdrawn April 25, 1977

ALEX P. MERGURE, of New Mexico, to be a member of the Board of Directors of the Commodity Credit Corporation, vice Kenneth E. Frick, resigned, which was sent to thc Senate on March 30, 1977.

Submitted April 27, 1977

CHARLES WILLIAM BRAY III, of Maryland, to be Deputy Director of the United States Information Agency, vice Eugene Paul Kopp, resigned.

SPURGEON M. KEENY, JR., of the District of Columbia, to be Deputy Director of the United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, vice John F. Lehman, Jr., resigned.

ULRIC ST. CLAIR HAYNES, JR., of Indiana, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria.

JOHN PATRICK WHITE, of California, to be an Assistant Secretary of Defense, vice David P. Taylor, resigned.

Withdrawn April 27, 1977

JOHN PATRICK WHITE, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Defense, vice David P. Taylor, resigned, which was sent to the Senate on April 21, 1977.

Submitted April 28, 1977

ANTHONY G. DIRIENZO, JR., of Connecticut, to be United States Marshall for the District of Connecticut for the term of 4 years, vice Ermen J. Pallanck, resigning.

JAMES W. BYRD, of Wyoming, to be United States Marshal for the District of Wyoming for the term of 4 years, vice George O. Houser, resigning.

Submitted April 28--Continued

JAMES W. GARVIN, JR., of Delaware, to be United States. Attorney for the District of Delaware for the term of 4 years, vice W. Laird Stabler, Jr., resigned.

DAVID V. VROOMAN, of South Dakota, to be United States Attorney for the District of South Dakota for the term of 4 years, vice William F. Clayton, resigning. Submitted April 29, 1977

PATRICIA M. DERIAN, of Mississippi, to be Coordinator for Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs, vice James M. Wilson, Jr., resigned.

RALPH EARLE II, of Pennsylvania, for the rank of Ambassador while serving as Alternate Chairman of the United States Delegation to the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks.

FREDERICK T. VAN DYK, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Administrator of the Agency for International Development, vice Christian A. Herter, Jr., resigned.

JOHN McGRATH SULLIVAN, of.Pennsylvania, to be Administrator of the 'Federal Railroad Administration, vice Asaph H. Hall, resigned.