OFFICE OF THE WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY - NOMINATION OF GEORGE F. MURPHY, JR. AS A MEMBER OF THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79M00467A003100080024-4
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• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 7, 2005
• Sequence Number: 24
• Publication Date: September 20, 1976
• Content Type: PREL

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SEPTEMBER Z0, 1976
Office of the White House Press Secretary
THE WHITE HOUSE
The President today announced his intention to nominate George F. Murphy, Jr.
of Bethesda, Maryland, to be a member of the Nuclear Regulatory Com-
mission for a term expiring June 30, 1981. He will succeed William A.
Anders who became Ambassador to Norway in April 1976. Mr. Murphy
joined. the Joint Commission on Atomic Energy,. United States Congress,
in 1958 and is presently serving as Executive Director.
Born on May 1, 1924, in Boston, Massachusetts, Mr. Murphy received
his A.. B. degree from Harvard University in 1949. He-attended the
Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School during 1962.
He served in the United States Army Air Force from 1942 to 1946.
In 1950, Mr. Murphy joined the Central Intelligence Agency, serving until
1958, when he became a, member of the staff of the Joint Committee on
Atomic Energy. He was responsible for duties dealing with security and
the administrative fields, until his appointment as Executive Director.
Mr. Murphy is married to the former Eleanor J. Enright and they have
two children.
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