Appointment of Jimmy D. Ross as the Department of the Army Member of the Committee for Purchase From the Blind and Other Severely Handicapped

The President today announced his intention to appoint Brig. Gen. Jimmy D. Ross, United States Army, to be the Department of the Army member of the Committee for Purchase from the Blind and Other Severely Handicapped. He will succeed Brig. Gen. Francis J. Toner.

He is currently serving as Director of Transportation, Energy and Troop Support, in the Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics, Department of the Army. Previously he was Commander, 2d Support Command (Corps), United States Army Europe, in 1980-1982; Commander, 4th Transportation Brigade, United States Army Europe, in 1978-1980; Commander, Military Ocean Terminal, Bay Area, Oakland, Calif., in 1976-1978; and Comptroller, Military Traffic Management Command, Western Area, Oakland, Calif., in 1975-1976.

General Ross graduated from Henderson State University (B.S.E., 1958) and Central Michigan University (M.A., 1975). He is married, has three children, and resides in Burke, Va. He was born May 23, 1936, in Hosston, La.