Appointment of Winton M. Blount as a Member of the President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities

The President today announced his intention to appoint Winton M. Blount to be a member of the President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities. He would succeed Robert S. Fryer.

Since 1979 Mr. Blount has been chairman of the board and chief executive officer of Blount, Inc, an international engineering and construction firm based in Montgomery, AL; and from 1974 to 1979, he served as president of the company. Previously, he was Postmaster General and Chairman of the Board, U.S. Postal Service, 1970-1971; Postmaster General of the U.S. and a member of the President's Cabinet, 1969-1970; and president of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States, 1968.

Mr. Blount attended the University of Alabama, 1939-1941. He is married, has seven children, and resides in Montgomery, AL. He was born February 1, 1921, in Union Springs, AL.