Appointment of Ross O. Doyen as a Member of the Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations

The President today announced his intention to appoint Ross O. Doyen, a State senator from Kansas, to be a member of the Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations for a term of 2 years. He will succeed Miles Yeoman Ferry.

He was first elected to the Kansas house of representatives in 1958 and served five terms there. He has been a State senator since January 1969 and has served as president of the senate and chairman of several committees, including the Senate Ways and Means Committee. He is president of the National Republican Legislators Association and past president of the National Conference of State Legislatures.

Mr. Doyen graduated from Kansas State University (B.S., 1950). He has two children and resides in Concordia, KS. He was born October 1, 1926, in Rice, KS.