Appointment of Frank Stanton as a Member of the President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities

The President today announced his intention to appoint Frank Stanton to be a member of the President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities. He would succeed Nancy Hanks.

Dr. Stanton is former chairman of CBS. He was former chairman of the Business Committee for the Arts, fellow of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, director of Lincoln Center, and director of Lincoln Center Performing Arts. In addition he has served on many corporate boards, including Atlantic Richfield, Pan American, American Electric Power, and New York Life Insurance. He served as chairman of the Red Cross and of the Center for Advanced Study in Behavioral Sciences.

He is married and resides in New York City. He was born March 20, 1908, in Muskegon, Mich.