Nomination of Nyle (2. Brady To Be an Assistant Administrator of the Agency for International Development

The President today announced his intention to nominate Nyle C. Brady to be an Assistant Administrator of the Agency for International Development (Bureau for Technology), United States International Development Cooperation Agency.

Since 1976 Dr. Brady has been professor of soil science, Cornell University, and director general, the International Rice Research Institute, since 1973. In 1970-73 he was associate dean, New York State College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. Dr. Brady was director, Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station, in 1965-73 and Director of Science and Education, Department of Agriculture, in 1963-65. He was assistant to the Director of Agricultural Relations, Tennessee Valley Authority, in 1959. In 1947-63 he held various positions with Cornell University.

Dr. Brady was graduated from Brigham Young University (B.S., 1941) and North Carolina State University (Ph.D., 1947). He has served on many boards and national panels, including the President's Science Advisory Committee; Agricultural Board of the National Research Council; and the Board on Science and Technology, National Academy of Sciences Foreign Secretary's Office.

Dr. Brady is married, has four children, and resides in Ithaca, N.Y. He was born in Manassa, Colo., on October 25, 1920.