He was staff assistant and later Special Assistant to the President in 1972 - 77 and was a commissioned officer in the United States Air Force in 1966 - 72. He was a legal officer, Office of the Judge Advocate General, in 1971 - 72. He was a counter-intelligence officer in South Vietnam in 1969 - 70 and assigned to Headquarters, USAF, Washington, D.C., in 1966 - 69. He attained the rank of captain. Mr. O'Donnell graduated from the United States Air Force Academy (B.S., 1966) and Georgetown University Law Center (J.D., 1971). He is married, has three children, and resides in Bethesda, Md. He was born March 3, 1944, in New York, N.Y.