The Nation - News from Jan. 9, 1985

Donald Bogard, described as a “lightning rod for criticism” during his two-year tenure as president of the beleaguered Legal Services Corp., is resigning, a spokesman for the organization said in Washington. Bogard, accused of sharing President Reagan’s desire to abolish the agency, will leave his $69,000-a-year job Jan. 31. The Legal Services Corp., created by Congress in 1974, distributes money to 320 programs nationwide that provide legal help to poor people in non-criminal matters.