Appointment of Neil Kuonen as the Federal Representative on the Klamath River Compact Commission, and Designation as Chairman

The President today announced his intention to appoint Neil Kuonen to be the Federal Representative on the Klamath River Compact Commission. She will succeed Samuel S. Johnson. She will also serve as Chairman.

Mrs. Kuonen is currently serving as commissioner of Klamath County in Klamath Falls, Oreg. She was first elected to serve as commissioner in 1976. She serves on the legislative committee for the Association of Oregon Counties and represents Klamath County on the council of State Forest Trust Land Counties. Since 1977 she has been chairman of the Klamath-Lake County Manpower Commission.

She is married, has two children, and resides in Klamath Falls, Oreg. She was born November 10, 1928, in Lubbock, Tex.