Appointment of Stanley M. Freehling as a Member of the President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities

The President today announced his intention to appoint Stanley M. Freehling to be a member of the President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities. He will succeed Gabriele Murdock.

He is a partner in Freehling and Co. in Chicago, IL. He also serves as a trustee of the Art Institute of Chicago. He was chairman of the board of the Illinois Arts Council in 1971-1973. He has been an active member of the Chicago Theatre Group, the National Corporation Theatre Fund, and Sadler's Wells Theatre Association in London.

He graduated from the University of Stockholm (B.A., 1947). He is married, has three children, and resides in Chicago, IL. He was born July 2, 1924, in Chicago.