Appointment of Barber B. Conable, Jr., as a Member of the President's Blue Ribbon Commission on Defense Management

The President today announced his intention to appoint Barber B. Conable, Jr., to be a member of the President's Blue Ribbon Commission on Defense Management. This is a new position.

Mr. Conable was a U.S. Congressman from the 30th District of New York from 1965 to 1984. At the time of his retirement he was ranking Republican on the House Ways and Means Committee. He is now a professor at the University of Rochester in New York.

Mr. Conable graduated from Cornell University (A.B., 1942; LL.B., 1948). He is married , has four children, and resides in Alexander, NY. He was born November 2, 1922, in Warsaw, NY.