Appointment of Rex Stewart Hime as the Nonvoting United States Representative on the Governing Board of the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency

The President today announced his intention to appoint Rex Stewart Hime to be the Nonvoting Representative of the United States to the Governing Board of the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency. He would succeed Zane G. Smith.

Mr. Hime is currently director of the Commission for Economic Development and served as deputy director of the Commission (1979). Previously he was assistant executive director, Painting and Decorating Contractors of California, Inc. (1975-1978); assistant to the director, Department of Consumer Affairs (1973-1974); and was a first lieutenant, United States Army, Military Police Corps (1972-1974).

Mr. Hime graduated from the University of California, Davis (B.A., 1969; J.D.D., 1972). He is married and lives in Sacramento, Calif. He was born February 15, 1948, in San Francisco, Calif.