Appointment of Robert H. Mendelsohn as a Member of the United States Holocaust Memorial Council

The President today announced his intention to appoint Robert H. Mendelsohn to be a member of the United States Holocaust Memorial Council for a term expiring January 15, 1992. He would succeed Willard Fletcher.

Since 1980 Mr. Mendelsohn has been president of Mendelsohn Associates, in Washington, DC. Prior to this he served as an Assistant to the Secretary at the Department of the Interior, July 1980. He has also served as a consultant at the Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation; consultant at the Department of the Interior; and project administrator for Terranomics, Inc., 1975-1976.

Mr. Mendelsohn graduated from the University of California at Berkeley, (A.B., 1959). He was born January 11, 1938, in Harlan, lA. Mr. Mendelsohn served in the United States Marine Corps Reserve, 1956-1962. He is married, has one child, and resides in Chevy Chase, MD.