The President today announced his intention to appoint Kay A. Orr to be a member of the Advisory Committee on the Arts (John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Smithsonian Institution). This is an initial appointment.
Mrs. Orr is presently serving as State treasurer for the State of Nebraska. Previously she was executive assistant to Gov. Charles Thone in 1979-1981. She serves as a member of the National Association of State Treasurers and was vice chairman for the midwest region in 1984-1985. She is a member of the President's Council at Hastings College.
She is married, has two children, and resides in Lincoln, NE. She was born January 2, 1939, in Burlington, IA.
Ronald Reagan, Appointment of Kay A. Orr as a Member of the Advisory Committee on the Arts Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/258611