Appointment of Three Members of the Committee for Purchase from the Blind and Other Severely Handicapped

The President today announced his intention to appoint the following individuals to be members of the Committee for Purchase from the Blind and Other Severely Handicapped:

Ira L. Kemp, to be the Department of the Air Force member. He will succeed Maj. Gen. Joseph H. Connolly, USAF. He is the Associate Director of Contracting Policy, Deputy Chief of Staff, Research, Development and Acquisition, Headquarters, U.S. Air Force. He is married, has three children, and resides in Rockville, Md. He was born March 31, 1924, in Brooklyn, N.Y.

Maj. Gen. Joseph H. Connolly, to be the Department of Defense member. He will succeed Brig. Gen. Charles F. Drenz. He is director of Contracting and Manufacturing Policy, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, Research, Development and Acquisition, Headquarters, U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C. He is married, has one child, and resides in Falls Church, Va. He was born November 21, 1930, in Paterson, N.J.

Earl H. Cunerd will succeed Diane S. Roupe. He has been executive director of United Cerebral Palsy Associations, Inc., in New York City since 1967. He was vice president of the National Health Council in 1973. He is married, has one child, and resides in Moorestown, N.J. He was born January 26, 1918, in Philadelphia, Pa.