Patent and Trademark Office Nomination of Margaret Muth Laurence To Be an Assistant Commissioner.

The President today announced that he will nominate Margaret Muth Laurence, of Annandale, Va., to be an Assistant Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks. She would replace Sidney Diamond.

Laurence has been of counsel with the firm of Miilien and White in Arlington, Va., since 1978.

She was born April 30, 1916, in Evansville, Ind. She received an LL.B. from Blackistone College of Law in 1952.

From 1944 to 1956, she was an associate with the law firm of Laurence, Vanderkilen & Miller (then Laurence, Woodhams & Mills). From 1956 to 1976, she practiced law with the firms of Laurence & Laurence, Laurence, Hueschen & Laurence, and Laurence, Laurence & Neilan. From 1976 to 1978, she was in private practice as a patents and trademarks attorney. Since 1974 she has been a consultant to the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.