United Nations Nomination of William 1. vanden Heuvel To Be Deputy U.S. Representative.

The President today announced his intention to nominate William J. vanden Heuvel, of New York City, to be Deputy Representative of the United States to the United Nations with the rank of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary. He would replace James F. Leonard, who has been appointed Chief of the U.S. Mission to the Middle East Peace Negotiations and Deputy to Ambassador Robert Strauss.

Vanden Heuvel has been Representative of the United States to the European Office of the United Nations since 1977.

He was born April 14, 1930, in Rochester, N.Y. He received a B.A. in 1950 from Cornell University and an LL.B. in 1952 from Cornell Law School.

From 1952 to 1957, vanden Heuvel was an associate in the law firm of Leisure, Newton and Irvin. In 1953 and 1954, he was executive assistant to Ambassador to Thailand William J. Donovan. In 1958 he served as special counsel to Gov. Averell Harriman.

From 1959 to 1961, vanden Heuvel was an associate in the law firm of Javits, Moore and Trubin. In 1963 and 1964, he was special assistant to Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy. He served as Acting Regional Administrator for the Office of Economic Opportunity in 1964 and 1965.

Vanden Heuvel was with the New York law firm of Stroock and Stroock and Lavan from 1965 to 1977. In 1967 he was vice president of the New York State Constitutional Convention. He served as chairman of the New York City Board of Correction from 1970 to 1973, and as chairman of the New York City Commission on State-City Relations from 1971 to 1973.