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Tyler, Harold R. [Biography]
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Digitized from Box 8 of the White House Press Releases at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MARCH 12, 1975 Office of the White House Press Secretary THE WHITE HOUSE The President today announced his intention to.. nominate Harold R. Tyler, of Bedford, New York, to be Deputy Attorney General of the United States. He will succeed Laurence H. Silberman who is resigning. Since 1962, Judge Tyler has served as a United States District Judge for the Southern District of New York. He was in the private practice of law in New York City for approximately ten years prior to his appointment as an Assistant Attorney General of the United States in 1960, and thereafter served as Commissioner of the Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor until his appointment to the bench. Judge Tyler was born on May 14, 1922 and received an A.B. degree from Princeton University in 1943. He was awarded an LL. B. degree from Columbia University School of Law in 1949 and was admitted to the New York Bar in 1950. He is a member of the American Bar Association, the Association of the Bar of the City of New York, and the Board of Visitors of the State University of New York (College of Criminal Justice). He has served as a member of the Board of the Federal Judicial Center and as a Visiting Fellow, Institute of Criminology, Cambridge University (summer 1968). He is married to the former Barbara L. Eden and they have three children. # # #