Appointment of Bill Owens as a Member of the Intergovernmental Advisory Council on Education

The President today announced his intention to appoint Bill Owens to be a member of the Intergovernmental Advisory Council on Education for a term expiring July 27, 1991. He would succeed Harriett M. Wieder.

Since 1983 Mr. Owens has been State representative for the 49th district in Colorado. He is also division director for the Rocky Mountain Oil and Gas Association in Denver, CO, a position he has held since

1981. Mr. Owens is currently chairman of the State Affairs Committee, 1987-present. From 1977 to 1979, he was associated with the Gates Rubber Co.

Mr. Owens graduated from Austin State University (B.S., 1973) and the Lyndon Baines Johnson School of Public Affairs, University of Texas (M.A., 1975). He was born October 22, 1950, in Fort Worth, TX. Mr. Owens is married, has two children, and resides in Aurora, CO.