February 22, 1983
The President today announced his intention to nominate Steven Roger Schlesinger to be Director
of the Bureau of Justice Statistics, Department of Justice. He would succeed Harry Scarr.
Mr. Schlesinger is currently serving as associate chairman and associate professor of the
department of politics at the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. He has been
with the Catholic University of America since 1977, serving as assistant professor in 1977 - 1979
and as acting chairman of the department of politics in 1980 - 1981. Previously he was with
Rutgers University, serving as an associate member of the graduate faculty (1977), as an assistant
professor of political science (1973 - 1977), and as an instructor in 1971 - 1973.
He graduated from Cornell University (B.A., 1967) and Claremont Graduate School (M.A., 1969;
Ph. D., 1973). He is married, has one child, and resides in Silver Spring, Md. He was born March
28, 1944.