Department of Health, Education, and Welfare Nomination of Nathan J. Stark To Be Under Secretary.

The President today announced that he will nominate Nathan J. Stark, of Pittsburgh, Pa., to be Under Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare. He would replace Hale Champion, resigned.

Stark is vice chancellor for health professions at the University of Pittsburgh and president of the University Health Center of Pittsburgh.

He was born November 9, 1920, in Minneapolis, Minn. He received a B.S. from the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy in 1943 and a J.D. from Chicago Kent College of Law in 1947. He served in the U.S. Merchant Marine from 1942 to 1945.

From 1953 to 1954, Stark practiced law, and from 1954 to 1959, he was vice president of the Rival Manufacturing Co. From 1959 to 1974, he was senior vice president of Hallmark Cards, Inc. From 1971 to 1974, he was chairman of the board and chief executive of Crown Center Redevelopment Corp. He has been at the University of Pittsburgh since 1974.

Stark was treasurer of the Kansas City Area Hospital Association from 1950 to 1967 and chairman of the Kansas City Metropolitan Hospital Planning Council from 1957 to 1967.

Stark has served on a number of national panels concerned with health services, including the Secretary of HEW's Task Force on Medicaid and Related Programs. He has been a consultant to several university medical schools and other organizations.