Appointment of Charles J. Marshall as a Member of the Board for International Food and Agricultural Development

The President today announced his intention to appoint Charles J. Marshall to be a member of the Board for International Food and Agricultural Development for a term of 3 years. He would succeed Rebecca Irene Robbins Polland.

Mr. Marshall is a farmer and businessman in Jerome, Idaho. He is the owner of Western Idaho Potato Processing Co., Inc., in Nampa, Idaho. He was a member of the Idaho Commerce and Development Commission in 1955-1972, a member and past chairman of the Idaho Water Resources Board, and a member of the board and past president of the North Side Canal Co.

He has five children and resides in Jerome, Idaho. He was born May 18, 1909.