Appointment of Raymond Philip Laverty as Deputy Administrator of the Panama Canal Commission

The President today announced his intention to appoint Raymond Philip Laverty as Deputy Administrator of the Panama Canal Commission. He would succeed Fernando Manfredo.

Currently, Mr. Laverty serves as Acting Deputy Administrator for Operations for the Panama Canal Commission in the Republic of Panama. Prior to this he served in several capacities with the Panama Canal Organization: General Manager of the Panama Canal Supply Division, Director of the Office of Executive Planning, and United States Representative to the Treaty Coordinating Committee.

Mr. Laverty graduated from the University of Notre Dame (B.A., 1954) and Boston University (M.B.A., 1958). He was born November 11, 1932, in Brockton, MA. Mr. Laverty served in the U.S. Army, 1954 - 1956. He is married, has three children, and resides in the Republic of Panama.