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    "ocrText": "Digitized from Box 6 of the White House Press Releases at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library\nFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE\nDECEMBER 18, 1974\nOffice of the White House Press Secretary\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nWILLIAM J. BAROODY, JR.\nBiographical Data\nWilliam J. Baroody, Jr., has been Assistant to the President since September\n6, 1974. Mr. Baroody was Special Assistant to the President from February\n4, 1973 to January 30, 1974, and then became Special Consultant to the\nPresident. From June 6, 1973, to January 30, 1974, Mr. Baroody also served\nas Deputy to Counsellor to the President for Domestic Affairs, Melvin R.\nLaird.\nAs Assistant to the President, Mr. Baroody heads the Office of Public\nLiaison. He will be responsible for providing liaison with major non-\ngovernmental organizations in the private sector, including farm, labor,\nveterans, business, civic, academic, ethnic, consumer, youth, senior\ncitizens and professional groups.\nPrior to joining the White House staff, Mr. Baroody served in the\nDepartment of Defense from 1969 to 1973 and in a staff capacity in the\nCongress from 1961 to 1969. At the Department of Defense, he was Assistant\nto the Secretary and Deputy Secretary of Defense from February 1, 1969,\nand was assigned additional responsibility for the long-range planning and net\nassessment functions of the Secretary of Defense in 1971. He received\nthe highest civilian award that can be given by the Secretary of Defense, the\nDefense Distinguished Civilian Public Service Award, in January, 1973.\nIn the Congress, Baroody was Research Director of the House Republican\nConference from 1968 to 1969. Prior to that, he served as Legislative\nAssistant and Press Secretary to then Congressman Melvin R. Laird of\nWisconsin, having joined Mr. Laird's staff in July of 1961.\nMr. Baroody was born on November 5, 1937, in Manchester, New\nHampshire. He was graduated from Holy Cross College, Worcester,\nMassachusetts, with a degree in English in 1959 and pursued graduate\nwork in Political Science at Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.\nHe served as an officer in the U.S. Navy from 1959 to 1961 on the USS\nChilton, based at Norfolk, Virginia. He is married to the former\nMary Margaret Cullen. They have nine children and reside in\nAlexandria, Virginia.\n#\n#\n#"
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