Appointment of Norman R. Augustine as a Member of the President's National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee

The President today announced his intention to appoint Norman R. Augustine to be a member of the President's National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee. He would succeed Thomas Gillmore Pownall.

Since April 1988 Mr. Augustine has been chairman and chief executive officer of Martin Marietta Corp. in Bethesda, MD. Prior to this, he was vice chairman and chief executive officer of Martin Marietta, December 1987-April 1988, and president and chief operating officer of Martin Marietta, April 1986-December 1987. He joined Martin Marietta in 1977.

Mr. Augustine graduated from Princeton University (B.A., 1957; M.A., 1959). He was born July 27, 1935, in Denver, CO. Mr. Augustine is married, has two children, and resides in Potomac, MD.