The President today announced two persons whom he will nominate to be members of the United States Metric Board. They are:
Marcus B. Crotts, of Winston-Salem, N.C., a mechanical engineer who is a partner in the firm of Crotts & Saunders Engineering. He is an active member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and has written technical papers in the fields of dimensional metrology and metric conversion.
Francis R. Dugan, of Cincinnati, Ohio, president of the Dugan & Meyers Construction Co. Dugan is president of the Cincinnati chapter of the Associated General Contractors of America and Associated Contractors of Ohio.
Jimmy Carter, United States Metric Board Nomination of Two Members. Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/250428