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THE WHITE HOUSE

Office of the Press Secretary

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For Immediate Release July 7, 1981

The President today announced his intention to nominate Judge

Sandra Day O'Connor to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme

Court of the United States, filling the vacancy created by the

resignation of Justice Potter Stewart. Judge O'Connor presently

serves on the Arizona Court of Appeals. The President will

forward to the Senate his nomination of Judge O'Connor upon

completion of the required background check by the Federal Bureau

of Investigation.

Judge O'Connor, age 51, earned both her undergraduate and law

degrees at Stanford University. She received her B.A. magna cum

laude in 1950, and her LL.B. with high honors in 1952. She was

a member of the Board of Editors of the Stanford Law Review and

a member of the Order of the Coif. Judge O'Connor was admitted

to the Bar of the State of California in the year of her graduation

and to the Bar of the State of Arizona in 1957.

Judge O'Connor practiced law in Phoenix, Arizona, for a number

of years. She served as Assistant Attorney General of Arizona

from 1965 to 1969 and served in the Arizona State Senate from

1969 to 1975.

In 1974, Judge O'Connor was elected to the Superior Court for

Maricopa County, Arizona. She served on that court until she

was appointed to the Arizona Court of Appeals in 1979.

Judge O'Connor is married to John Hay O'Connor III. They have