Appointment of Clement V. Tillion as Deputy United States Commissioner on the North Pacific Fur Seal Commission

The President today announced his intention to appoint Clement V. Tillion to be Deputy United States Commissioner on the North Pacific Fur Seal Commission. He will succeed Charles H. Meacham.

Mr. Tillion is director of International Fisheries and External Affairs, Office of the Governor, State of Alaska. He is also chairman of the North Pacific Fisheries Management Council, Anchorage, Alaska. Previously he was a member of the Alaska House of Representatives in 1962-1975 and a member of the Alaska State Senate in 1975-1982. He has also owned and operated a pilot boat and charter service in Halibut Cove, Alaska, since 1960.

Mr. Tillion is married and resides in Halibut Cove, Alaska. He was born July 3, 1925, in Brooklyn, N.Y.