Appointment of Walter N. Thayer as a Member of the Dwight David Eisenhower Centennial Commission

The President today announced his intention to appoint Walter N. Thayer to be a member of the Dwight David Eisenhower Centennial Commission. This is a new position.

Since 1982 Mr. Thayer has been chairman of the Whitney Communications Corp. in New York, NY. Prior to this he was president of the Whitney Communications Corp., 1960-1982.

Mr. Thayer graduated from Colgate University (A.B., 1931) and Yale University (LL.B., 1935). He was born April 24, 1910, in Dannemora, NY. Mr. Thayer is married, has four children, and currently resides in New York, NY.