Appointment of Albert D. Wheelon as a Member of the President's National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee

The President today announced his intention to appoint Albert D. Wheelon to be a member of the President's National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee. He would succeed Allen E. Puckett.

Since 1987, Dr. Wheelon has been chairman and chief executive officer of Hughes Aircraft Co. in Los Angeles, CA. Dr. Wheelon joined Hughes Aircraft Co. in 1966 as vice president for engineering and was executive vice president of the company, 1986-1987. He has been a member of the President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board and the President's commission investigating the space shuttle Challenger.

Dr. Wheelon graduated from Stanford University (B.S., 1949) and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Ph.D., 1952). He was born January 18, 1929, in Moline, IL. He is married, has two children, and resides in Los Angeles, CA.