Public Papers of Jimmy Carter, 1977

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Author: Jimmy Carter  | Date: April 7, 1977

Department of Housing and Urban Development
Nomination of Ruth T. Prokop To Be General Counsel.
April 7, 1977

The President today announced that he will nominate Ruth T. Prokop, of Washington, D.C., to be General Counsel of the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Prokop is the senior counsel of General Telephone & Electronics in Washington.

She was born May 30, 1939, in San Saba, Tex. She received a B.A. from the George Washington University School of International Affairs and Business and a J.D. from the George Washington University Law School in 1965.

In 1961 and 1962, Prokop worked on the staff of then-Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson. From 1962 to 1964, she was a Legislative Assistant to the President’s Commission on the Status of Women.

From 1964 to 1966, Prokop served as Legislative Counsel to the President’s Committee on Consumer Interest. From 1966 to 1969, she was Special Assistant to the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.

Prokop practiced law with the firm of Brownstein, Zeidman, Schomer & Chase from 1970 until 1973, when she became senior counsel for General Telephone & Electronics.

She is a coauthor of the book "A Survey of the Laws Relating to the Investment of Private Trust Funds and State Retirement Funds in Mortgage Notes" (1969).

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Chicago: Jimmy Carter, "Department of Housing and Urban Development Nomination of Ruth T. Prokop to Be General Counsel.," Public Papers of Jimmy Carter, 1977 in Federal Register Division. National Archives and Records Service, Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States, Jimmy Carter, 1977 (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1956-), P.2223 Original Sources, accessed April 25, 2024, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=KT2PYBPWVCZQTQA.

MLA: Carter, Jimmy. "Department of Housing and Urban Development Nomination of Ruth T. Prokop to Be General Counsel." Public Papers of Jimmy Carter, 1977, in Federal Register Division. National Archives and Records Service, Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States, Jimmy Carter, 1977 (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1956-), P.2223, Original Sources. 25 Apr. 2024. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=KT2PYBPWVCZQTQA.

Harvard: Carter, J, 'Department of Housing and Urban Development Nomination of Ruth T. Prokop to Be General Counsel.' in Public Papers of Jimmy Carter, 1977. cited in , Federal Register Division. National Archives and Records Service, Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States, Jimmy Carter, 1977 (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1956-), P.2223. Original Sources, retrieved 25 April 2024, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=KT2PYBPWVCZQTQA.