Appointment of William Lee Hanley, Jr., as a Member of the Board of Directors of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting

The President today recess appointed William Lee Hanley, Jr., to be a member of the Board of Directors of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting for a term expiring March 1, 1984. He would succeed Gillian Martin Sorensen.

Mr. Hanley is presently serving as president, chairman of the board, and chief executive officer of Hanley, Inc., in New York, N.Y. He graduated from Yale University (B.A., 1964).

He is married, has five children, and resides in Greenwich, Conn. He was born January 27, 1940, in New York, N.Y.