Appointment of Lucia L. Abell as a Member of the President's Committee on Mental Retardation

The President today announced his intention to appoint Lucia L. Abell to be a member of the President's Committee on Mental Retardation for a term expiring May 11, 1989. She would succeed Elsie D. Helsel.

Mrs. Abell has served in a variety of financial and administrative positions for the Sociedad Aeronautico de Medellin in Medellin, Colombia; with Companie Colombiano de Seguros in Medellin, Colombia; with the Bank of America in Los Angeles, CA; and with the First National City Bank of New York in Medellin, Colombia.

She graduated from the Instituto Isabel la Catolica, 1955, diploma del experto en comercio. Mrs. Abell is married, has three children, and resides in Alexandria, VA. She was born December 3, 1937, in Colombia, South America.