Nomination of Dennis M. Devaney To Be a Member of the National Labor Relations Board

October 14, 1988

The President today announced his intention to nominate Dennis M. Devaney to be a member of the National Labor Relations Board for the remainder of the term expiring December 16, 1989. He would succeed Marshall B. Babson.

Since 1988 Mr. Devaney has been General Counsel of the Federal Labor Relations Authority in Washington, DC. Prior to this he was a member of the Merit Systems Protection Board, 1982 - 1988. He was in private practice with Tighe, Curhan & Piliero, 1981 - 1982.

Mr. Devaney graduated from the University of Maryland (B.A., 1968; M.A., 1970) and Georgetown University Law Center (J.D., 1975). He was born February 25, 1946, in Cheverly, MD. He served in the U.S. Navy, 1970 - 1972. He is married, has two children, and resides in Columbia, MD.