John T. Dunlop

Source: White House Press Release - February 8, 1975

The President today announced his intention to nominate John T. Dunlop, of Belmont, Massachusetts, to be Secretary of Labor. He will succeed Peter J. Brennan who has resigned. Dr. Dunlop will continue as Coordinator of the President's Labor-Management Committee and will serve as a member of the Economic Policy Board.

Dr. Dunlop has taught economics at Harvard University since 1938 and was Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences from 1970 to 1973 and is currently a Lamont University Professor. He was Chairman of the Construction Industry Stabilization Committee from 1971 to 1973 and has served as a member of the National Commission on Productivity since 1970.

For the last 25 years Dr. Dunlop has served on numerous Presidential boards, panels, committees and commissions studying labor disputes and has had a long association with the Labor Department dating back to 1938. During World War II, he worked with the National War Labor Board, and was a consultant to the Office of Economic Stabilization and the Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion. Since that time he has served as a member or consultant to a number of State and Federal organizations on matters relating to labor relations and economics.

Dr. Dunlop is the author and editor of a number of books and has made contributions to other books as well as professional journals.

He was born in Placerville, California on July 5, 1914. He is married to the former Dorothy Webb. They have three children and reside in Belmont, Massachusetts.

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