Appointment of Robert Boone Hawkins, Jr., as a Member of the Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations, and Designation as Chairman

The President today announced his intention to appoint Robert Boone Hawkins, Jr., to be a member of the Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations for a term of 2 years. This is a reappointment. Upon appointment, he will be redesignated Chairman.

Since 1986 Dr. Hawkins has been president and cofounder for the Institute for Contemporary Studies in San Francisco, CA. Prior to this he was president of the Sequoia Institute, 1978-present.

Dr. Hawkins graduated from San Francisco State College (B.S., 1965) and the University of Washington (Ph.D., 1969). He was born September 6, 1941, in Berkeley, CA. He served in the United States Army in 1970. Dr. Hawkins is married, has two children, and resides in Loomis, CA.