Appointment of Edmund Stohr as United States Representative on the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization

The President today announced his intention to appoint Edmund Stohr to be the Representative of the United States on the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization. He would succeed John E. Downs.

Mr. Stohr has been serving as director for agency and industry relations at the Air Transport Association of America since 1981. He has been in aviation for 40 years, 5 years with the United States Air Force and 35 years in a variety of staff and management positions with United Airlines. He was vice president of United Airlines for industry affairs. He was European director, United Airlines, in 1956-1961 and 1964-1970. He was sales manager for United in 1961-1964 and international sales manager in 1965.

Mr. Stohr graduated from the University of Illinois (B.S., 1941). He is married and resides in Palatine, Ill. He was born February 5, 1918.