Appointment of Leonard H.O. Spearman as a Member of the Board for International Food and Agricultural Development

The President today announced his intention to appoint Leonard H.O. Spearman to be a member of the Board for International Food and Agricultural Development for a term of 3 years. He would succeed Benjamin F. Payton.

For the past 6 years Dr. Spearman has been president of Texas Southern University in Houston. In June of this year he completed his tenure as president and assumed the position of distinguished professor of psychology at the university. Previously, he was with the U.S. Department of Health,

Education, and Welfare from 1970 to 1980 as Director, Division of Student Services, Associate Commissioner for Student Assistance, Acting Deputy Commissioner for Higher Education, and Associate Deputy Commissioner for Higher Education.

Dr. Spearman graduated from Florida A&M University (B.S., 1947) and the University of Michigan (M.A, 1950; Ph.D., 1960). He is married, has three children, and currently resides in Houston, TX. Dr. Spearman was born July 8, 1929, in Tallahassee, FL.