Office of Justice Assistance, Research, and Statistics Nomination of Henry S. Dogin To Be Director.

The President today announced that he will nominate Henry S. Dogin, of Armonk, N.Y., to be Director of the Office of Justice Assistance, Research, and Statistics. This is a new position created by Public Law 96-157, the Justice System Improvement Act of 1979.

Dogin has been Administrator of the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration (LEAA) since 1979.

He was born December 26, 1934, in Brooklyn, N.Y. He received a B.A. from Cornell University in 1956 and an LL.B. from Columbia School of Law in 1961. He served in the U.S. Navy from 1956 to 1958.

From 1961 to 1967, Dogin was assistant district attorney for the county of New York. From 1967 to 1971, he was assistant counsel to the Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor. He served as Deputy Regional Administrator of the New York Regional Office of LEAA from 1971 to 1973.

Dogin was Deputy Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division from 1973 to 1975 and Acting Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Agency from 1975 to 1976.

From 1976 to 1978, he was deputy commissioner of the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services. From 1978 to 1979, he was Deputy Administrator of LEAA for Policy Development and served as Acting Administrator.