Nomination of Vinton DeVane Lide To Be Inspector General of the Environmental Protection Agency

The President today announced his intention to nominate Vinton DeVane Lide to be Inspector General, Environmental Protection Agency.

Since 1979 Mr. Lide has been general counsel, South Carolina Department of Social Services. In 1979 he was assistant attorney general, State of South Carolina, in charge of the establishment of the White Collar Crime Unit. Mr. Lide was executive assistant to the Governor, James B. Edwards, in 1978-79, with responsibility for the Governor's manpower division. In 1965-78 he was managing partner with the firm of Shand, Lide & Stanton in Hartsville, S.C. He was previously an associate and later partner with that firm in 1962-65.

Mr. Lide is a member of the South Carolina, Virginia, and American Bar Associations. He was graduated from Davidson College, Davidson, N.C. (B.S., 1959) and the University of Virginia School of Law (J.D., 1962).

Mr. Lide is married, has two children, and resides in Lexington, S.C. He was born on May 4, 1937, in Greenville, S.C.