Appointment of Robert W. McVey as a United States Commissioner of the International Pacific Halibut Commission

The President today announced his intention to appoint Robert W. McVey to be a United States Commissioner on the International Pacific Halibut Commission for the term expiring December 12, 1986. This is a reappointment.

Since 1980 Mr. McVey has been Director, Alaska Region, National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), in Juneau, AK. Previously he was Deputy Director, Alaska Region, NMFS (1970-1980). He was assistant fisheries attaché at the U.S. Embassy in Copenhagen, Denmark, in 1966-1979.

He graduated from the University of Missouri (B.A., 1953; M.A., 1955). He is married, has two children, and resides in Juneau, AK. He was born February 19, 1932, in Stockton, KS.