Appointment of Frederick William Rohlfing as United States Alternate Representative on the South Pacific Commission

The President today announced his intention to appoint Frederick William Rohlfing to be an Alternate Representative of the United States of America on the South Pacific Commission for the term of 2 years. He would succeed Vernon A. Mund.

Mr. Rohlfing is a senior partner in the law firm of Rohlfing, Smith & Coates in Honolulu, Hawaii. He was acting attorney general and special counsel for American Samoa in 1978; director of the Amerika Samoa Office, Hawaii, in 1978-1980; and Special Deputy Attorney General in 1979-1980. He was a Hawaii State legislator for 16 1/2 years, serving in the house in 1959-1966 and in the senate in 1966-1975.

He graduated from Yale University (B.A., 1950) and George Washington University Law School (.I.D., 1955). He is married, has three children, and resides in Honolulu, Hawaii. He was born November 2, 1928.