Committee for the Preservation of the White House Appointment of Jay P. Altmayer as a Member.

The President today announced the appointment of Jay P. Altmayer, of Mobile, Ala., as a member of the Committee for the Preservation of the White House.

Altmayer, 64, is an attorney, real estate developer, and director of the First National Bank of Mobile. He is active in civic affairs and is a collector of art, 18th century furniture, and presentation swords. He has given the White House a gold sword presented to Saccharin Taylor by the Commonwealth of Virginia, and has a painting on loan to the White House ("North Shore of Lake Pontchartrain" by Richard Clague).