Appointment of Three Members of the Acid Precipitation Task Force

The President today announced his intention to appoint the following individuals to be members of the Acid Precipitation Task Force:

James R. Mahoney will succeed Richard Sommer. He is currently serving as senior vice president of the Environmental Research and Technology, Inc., in Concord, Mass. He is married, has six children, and resides in Roslindale, Mass. He was born September 19, 1938.

John J. McKetta, Jr., Ph.D., will succeed Gaylord Nelson. He is professor of chemical engineering at the University of Texas in Austin. He is married, has four children, and resides in Austin, Tex. He was born October 17, 1915.

Ralph M. Perhac will succeed Anthony Mazzocchi. He is director of the environmental assessment department of the Electric Power Research Institute in Palo Alto, Calif. He has two children and resides in Menlo Park, Calif. He was born July 29, 1928.