Federal Home Loan Bank Board Nomination of Robert H. McKinney To Be a Member.

The President today announced that he will nominate Robert H. McKinney, of Indianapolis, Ind., to be a member of the Federal Home Loan Bank Board. The President also indicated that if confirmed by the Senate, McKinney would be designated Chairman of the Board. McKinney is senior partner in the law firm of Bose, McKinney & Evans, chairman of the First Federal Savings and Loan Association in Indianapolis, and chairman and chief executive officer of Jefferson Corporation and its subsidiaries.

McKinney was born November 7, 1925, in Indianapolis, Ind. He received a B.S. from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1946 and a J.D. from Indiana University School of Law in 1951. He served in the U.S. Navy from 1951 to 1953.

From 1953 to 1963, McKinney was with the law firm of McHale, Cook, Welch & McKinney. He has been with First Federal Savings and Loan since 1953, with the Jefferson Corporation since 1959, and with Bose, McKinney & Evans since 1963.

Between 1964 and 1968, McKinney was legal counsel to the Governor of Indiana. He was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1976 and chairman of the Indiana Carter campaign.