Federal Maritime Commission Nomination of Leslie L. Kanuk To Be a Commissioner.

The President today announced that he will nominate Leslie L. Kanuk, of Englewood Cliffs, N.J., to be a Federal Maritime Commissioner. She would replace Clarence Morse, whose term has expired.

Kanuk was born August 9, 1929, in New York City. She received a B.B.A. from the City College of New York in 1950, an M.B.A. from Baruch College in 1964, and a Ph.D. from the City University of New York in 1973.

Since 1967 Kanuk has been deputy chairman and professor in the Department of Marketing at Baruch College of the City University of New York. She has served on the maritime transportation research board of the National Academy of Sciences since 1975, and has served as a consultant to the U.S. Maritime Administration. She is the author of numerous articles on maritime transportation.