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Digitized from Box 1 of the White House Press Releases at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
AUGUST 20, 1974
Office of the White House Press Secretary
THE WHITE HOUSE
The President today named Richard T. Burress, of Maryland, as White House
liaison with the Vice President-designate. Mr. Burress served on the staff
of Vice President Ford since April 1, 1974.
He was born December 22, 1922, at Omaha, Nebraska. He is a graduate of
the University of Nebraska (A.B., 1944), the University of Iowa Law School
(J.D., 1948), and New York University Law School (LLM., 1953). He is a
member of the Iowa, California and District of Columbia Bar and served in
the U.S. Marine Corps, 1943-46.
Mr. Burress was a Special Agent, Federal Bureau of Investigation, from
1948-1953. He was Deputy Assistant General Counsel, National Labor Relations
Board, 1953-58, and attorney for Lockheed Aircraft Corporation, 1958-61.
He was Minority Counsel for the Education and Labor Committee, U.S. House
of Representatives, from 1961-63. He engaged in private law practice from
1963-65. He returned to Capitol Hill from 1965-69, serving as Director of
the Republican Policy Committee, Counsel for the Republican Leadership and
Minority Sergeant at Arms in the House of Representatives.
Mr. Burress was Deputy Counsel and Deputy Assistant to the President
1969-1971; Chairman of the Renegotiation Board, 1971-73, and Associate
Director and Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution before joining the Vice
President's staff in 1974.
He and Mrs. Burress have two children and residen in Mohican Hills, Maryland.
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