Appointment of Richard Chavez as a Member of the Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board

The President today announced his intention to appoint Richard Chavez to be a member of the Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board for a term expiring December 3, 1988. This is a reappointment.

Mr. Chavez is president of Educational Designs, Inc., in City of Commerce, CA. Previously he was founder and executive director of Chavez and Associates Institute. He was the Federal representative for California to the 1977 White House Conference on the Handicapped and was a member of the California Governor's Committee for Employment of the Handicapped.

He is married, has two children, and resides in Whittier, CA. He was born August 28, 1943, in Los Angeles, CA.