Appointment of John A. Nuetzel as a Member of the President's Committee on the National Medal of Science

The President today announced his intention to appoint John A. Nuetzel to be a member of the President's Committee on the National Medal of Science for a term expiring December 31, 1987. He would succeed John R. Whinnery.

Since 1962 Dr. Nuetzel has been serving as medical director of St. Mary's Health Center in St. Louis, MO. At St. Mary's Health Center he served as director of cardiology (1955-1977) and director of medical service (1955-1962). Since 1954 he has also been affiliated with St. Louis University School of Medicine, where he now serves as clinical professor of internal medicine.

He graduated from Washington University (M.D., 1947). He is married, has six children, and resides in St. Louis, MO. He was born February 16, 1925, in East St. Louis, IL.