The President today announced his intention to appoint Erwin P. Bettinghaus to be a member of the National Cancer Advisory Board for a term expiring March 9, 1994. He will succeed Barbara Gregg Ingalls Shook.
Since 1976 Mr. Bettinghaus has been the dean of the college of communication arts and sciences at Michigan State University in East Lansing, MI. Prior to this he was the chairperson and professor in the department of communication at Michigan State, 1972-1976.
Mr. Bettinghaus graduated from the University of Illinois (B.A, 1952), Bradley University (M.A., 1953), and the University of Illinois (Ph.D., 1959). He was born October 28, 1930, in Peoria, IL. He is married, has three children, and resides in East Lansing, MI.
Ronald Reagan, Appointment of Erwin P. Bettinghaus as a Member of the National Cancer Advisory Board Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/255118