Appointment of Three Members of the National Commission on Agricultural Finance

The President today announced his intention to appoint the following individuals to be members of the National Commission on Agricultural Finance. These are new positions.

Tom H. Carothers, of Texas. Mr. Carothers is a rancher and agribusinessman in Palestine, TX. In 1982 he was appointed to a 6-year term on the Federal Farm Credit Board, and he also currently serves as a director of the Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association. He graduated from Baylor University (B.A., 1938). He was born December 17, 1914.

Kathleen W. Lawrence, of Virginia. Mrs. Lawrence is currently Deputy Under Secretary of Agriculture for Small Community and Rural Development at the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and she has been nominated to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for Small Community and Rural Development. She was born December 7, 1940, in New York City.

Harold B. Steele, of Illinois. Mr. Steele has operated his own corn and hog farming operation near Princeton and is now retired. He served as president of the Illinois Farm Bureau, 1970-1983; as a member of the board of directors of the National Livestock Producers Association, 1975-1982; and he has served as a member on several agricultural trade missions to the Orient and Europe. He was born July 8, 1922, in Sublette, IL.