Appointment of Harvey Ruvin as a Member of the Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations

The President today announced his intention to appoint Harvey Ruvin to be a member of the Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations for a term of 2 years. He would succeed Gilbert M. Barrett. Since 1972 Mr. Ruvin has been commissioner of Dade County in Miami, FL, and is currently president of the National Association of Counties. Prior to this he was mayor of North Bay Village, FL, 1968-1972.

Mr. Ruvin graduated from the University of Florida in 1959 and the University of Miami (J.D., 1962). He was born June 6, 1937, in New York, NY. He is married, has one child, and resides in Miami, FL.