Appointment of Lane A. Carson as a Member of the Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board

The President today announced his intention to appoint Lane A. Carson to be a member of the Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board for a term expiring December 3, 1988. He will succeed Jackie McSpadden.

Mr. Carson is presently serving as assistant district attorney for St. Tammany Parish in Louisiana. Since 1977 he has also been a partner in the law firm of Carson & Exnicios. Mr. Carson was elected to serve as a member of the Louisiana Legislature in 1976 and reelected for another 4-year term in 1979.

He graduated from Louisiana State University (B.S., 1971) and Tulane University School of Law (J.D., 1974). He is married, has two children, and resides in Mandeville, LA. He was born August 21, 1947, in New Orleans, LA.