Appointment of Two United States Commissioners of the Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission

The President today announced his intention to appoint the following individuals to be Commissioners representing the United States Government on the Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission:

Jean M. Barren will succeed Norman H. Beamer. She is a member of the Board of Elections of Jefferson County, Ohio. She has been a member of the State and Local Government Commission of Ohio since 1978. She was a member of the Steubenville Metropolitan Planning and Redevelopment Commission in 1957-1973. She graduated from Case Western Reserve University (B.S., 1939). She has four children and resides in Steubenville. She was born July 2, 1917.

Joseph D. Cloud will succeed Richard C. Armstrong. He is retired. He was director of the Indiana Department of Natural Resources. He was first elected to the Indiana House of Representatives in 1960 and was reelected in 1962, 1966, 1968, and 1970. During his tenure, he served as chairman of the Education Committee for 6 years. He is married, has one child, and resides in Richmond, Ind. He was born November 8, 1914.