LETTER TO THE HONORABLE WILLIAM E. COLBY FROM EDWARD ALLEN TAMM

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• Publication Date: February 10, 1975
• Content Type: LETTER

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February 10, 1975
The Honorable William E. Colby
Director
Central Intelligence Agency
Washington, D.C. 20505
I write you in my capacity as Chairman of the Federal Bar
Association Selection Committee for the Justice Tom C. Clark
Award. This award is made annually to the individual selected as
the outstanding career lawyer in Government Service in Washington.
The Selection Committee hopes that the heads of departments
and agencies of the Executive Branch are alerted to the significance
of this award and the need to have appropriate nominations made so
that we will be able to select from a truly representative group
of nominees.
Although your office has probably received information on
this subject from other sources I am attaching a copy of the notice,
and hope that you will designate some responsible member of your
staff to make certain that the matter receives consideration from
those familiar with the work of your career lawyers. I am sure
I need not say more on the value of this program in terms of its
encouraging excellence in performance.
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Cordially yours,
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THE JUSTICE TOM C. CLARK ANNUAL
AWARD FOR THE YEAR 1975
The annual "Justice Tom C. Clark Award" will be given for the sixteenth
consecutive year in 1975. The award will be presented at a luncheon meeting of
the District of Columbia Chapter to be held on May 13, 1975. Chief Justice Warren
E. Burger is the Honorary Chairman of the selection panel for the award. The
chairman and members of the panel are:
Hon. Edward A. Tamm Judge, United States Court of Appeals
for the District of Columbia Circuit
The Attorney General
Charles T. Duncan Dean, Howard University Law School
F. Trowbridge vom Baur Private Practice
L. Barry Costilo President, District of Columbia
Chapter, Federal Bar Association
The committee requests that nominations be forwarded not later than March
22, 1975, to Chapter President, L. Barry Costilo, The Federal Bar Association,
D.C. Chapter, 1815 H Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20006, in the manner of
submission hereinafter set forth.
There follows a description of this important award:
The award known as the "Justice Tom C. Clark Award" is presented annually
by the District of Columbia Chapter of The Federal Bar Association in recognition
of outstanding accomplishments by lawyers of the career service employed in the
District of Columbia by the United States Government or by the Government of the
District of Columbia. The award is so named because it honors our former National
President in his distinguished career as a government attorney, as the Attorney
General of the United States, as a Justice of the Supreme Court of the United
States, and as the First Director of the Federal Judicial Center.
Purpose of the Awards Program
The purpose of the awards program is threefold:
(1) to give public recognition to career lawyers who have
performed outstanding work for the United States Government
or for the Government of the District of Columbia, or in the
field of Federal public law generally;
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(2) to stimulate the interest of the public and the
legal profession in the diversified opportunities
and responsibilities of such career lawyers, and
in the significant contributions made by them; and
(3) to encourage high standards of performance by career
lawyers
Basis of the Award
The following criteria of accomplishment are considered by the judging
panel in selecting nominees:
(1) General accomplishments -- a nominee may be qualified
by outstanding legal ability, scholarship, and performance
over a sustained period even though these are not relateable
(2) Specific accomplishments -- a specific accomplishment
is one for which the nominee is primarily responsible,
which results in significant benefit to the Government
or the legal profession, and which constitutes a con-
tribution to the development of public law. The accomp-
lishment of the nominee should be reasonably related in
time to the year preceding the nomination.
Eligibility of Nominees
Any civilian or military career attorney employed in the District of Columbia
by the United States Government or by the Government of the District of Columbia
at the time of the accomplishment for which the award is given is eligible to
receive the award, except as hereinafter provided.
A nominee will not be considered unless tree accomplishments constituting the
basis for his nomination occurred or were performed during the five year period
of Government service immediately preceding the date of the submission of the
nomination, nor if such Government service was terminated more than one year
preceding the date of the submission of the nomination.
No nominee will be considered for the award if the accomplishments consti-
tuting the chief basis for his nomination were required of him in an office of
the United States Government or the Government of the District of Columbia, pur-
suant to appointment by the President and confirmation by the Senate, or while
serving in a judicial or quasi-judicial capacity.
Nominations -- Manner of Submission
Heads of departments and agencies are encouraged to submit nominations for
the award on behalf of qualified personnel in their departments or agencies.
Members of the District of Columbia Chapter of The Federal Bar Association are
also urged to submit nominations in writing addressed to the President of the
District of Columbia Chapter on or before March 22, 1975, for the current award.
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No nomination will be considered by the judging panel unless it meets the
standards hereafter prescribed:
(1) The presentation must be typewritten, or mimeographed,
on standard 8" x 10 1/2" sheets, double spaced.
(2) The first paragraph must state (a) the name and age
of the nominee, (b) the total number of years during
which he has served in the United States Government
or in the Government of the District of Columbia, and
(c) the department or agencies in which he has served
or is presently serving.
(3) Following the information in (2) above, the presentation
should develop and enlarge on the substantive reasons why
the nominee is thought to qualify.
(4) The presentation should not exceed five pages in total.
(5) Seven copies of the presentation should be submitted.
Exhibits are not to be attached to the presentation.
William G. Malone
Chairman, Awards Program
Laurence H. Axman
Vice Chairman
D.C. Chapter Awards Program
Patricia H. Collins
Secretary
D.C. Chapter Awards Program
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COMMENTS (Number each comment to show from whom
to whom. Draw a line across column after each comment.)
Attached is an invitation for
nominations for the Justice Tom C.
Clark Award. We have not included
this award in our annual consider-
ation of the various Public Service
Awards. The Agency has not sub-
mitted a nomination in the past.
It is requested that you deter-
mine whether OGC, OLC or other DCI
components have candidates for this
1year. TSepending upon the circum-
stances we will: request DCI
approval of the proposed candidate,
assist in the preparation of a
Inomination, or advise Mr. Tani
that the Agency does not have a
candidate. The Agency has a
22 March deadline and I have been
given a 5 March deadline to provide
enough tune or necessary reviews,
etc. Please let me know what you
find by 5 March.
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