Appointment of Albert D. Wheelon as a Member of the President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board

The President today announced his intention to appoint Albert D. Wheelon to be a member of the President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board.

Since 1966 Dr. Wheelon has been with the Hughes Aircraft Co., joining as corporate vice president (engineering). In July 1970, he was named senior vice president and group president (space and communications). This group is responsible for all the development and production of communications satellites and other space vehicles, spacecraft instrumentation, earth terminals, and terrestrial communications equipment. Previously he was with the Central Intelligence Agency in 1962-1966.

Dr. Wheelon graduated from Stanford University (B.S., 1949) and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Ph.D., 1952). He was a teaching fellow in physics at MIT, a research associate in the research laboratories for electronics at MIT, and a visiting professor of engineering at the University of California at Los Angeles in 1957-1961. He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and a fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.

Dr. Wheelon has two children and resides in Los Angeles, Calif. He was born January 18, 1929, in Moline, Ill.