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Digitized from Box 6 of the White House Press Releases at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
DECEMBER 18, 1974
Office of the White House Press Secretary
THE WHITE HOUSE
WILLIAM J. BAROODY, JR.
Biographical Data
William J. Baroody, Jr., has been Assistant to the President since September
6, 1974. Mr. Baroody was Special Assistant to the President from February
4, 1973 to January 30, 1974, and then became Special Consultant to the
President. From June 6, 1973, to January 30, 1974, Mr. Baroody also served
as Deputy to Counsellor to the President for Domestic Affairs, Melvin R.
Laird.
As Assistant to the President, Mr. Baroody heads the Office of Public
Liaison. He will be responsible for providing liaison with major non-
governmental organizations in the private sector, including farm, labor,
veterans, business, civic, academic, ethnic, consumer, youth, senior
citizens and professional groups.
Prior to joining the White House staff, Mr. Baroody served in the
Department of Defense from 1969 to 1973 and in a staff capacity in the
Congress from 1961 to 1969. At the Department of Defense, he was Assistant
to the Secretary and Deputy Secretary of Defense from February 1, 1969,
and was assigned additional responsibility for the long-range planning and net
assessment functions of the Secretary of Defense in 1971. He received
the highest civilian award that can be given by the Secretary of Defense, the
Defense Distinguished Civilian Public Service Award, in January, 1973.
In the Congress, Baroody was Research Director of the House Republican
Conference from 1968 to 1969. Prior to that, he served as Legislative
Assistant and Press Secretary to then Congressman Melvin R. Laird of
Wisconsin, having joined Mr. Laird's staff in July of 1961.
Mr. Baroody was born on November 5, 1937, in Manchester, New
Hampshire. He was graduated from Holy Cross College, Worcester,
Massachusetts, with a degree in English in 1959 and pursued graduate
work in Political Science at Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.
He served as an officer in the U.S. Navy from 1959 to 1961 on the USS
Chilton, based at Norfolk, Virginia. He is married to the former
Mary Margaret Cullen. They have nine children and reside in
Alexandria, Virginia.
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