President Barack Obama has nominated Richard Andrews ’81 to serve on the U.S. District Court in Delaware. Andrews has been Delaware’s State Prosecutor since 2007 and oversees the state justice department’s criminal division, which includes about 190 lawyers, investigators, social workers, paralegals, and others. He was an Assistant U.S. Attorney in Delaware from 1983 to 2006, during which time he served as Chief of the Criminal Division, First Assistant U.S. Attorney, and acting U.S. Attorney. The nomination, which requires Senate confirmation, will first be sent to the Senate Judiciary Committee for its approval and then on to the full Senate for a vote.