National Advisory Committee on Oceans and Atmosphere Appointment of Five Members.

The President today announced the appointment of five persons as members of the National Advisory Committee on Oceans and Atmosphere. They are:

MICHAEL R. NAESS, of Houston, Tex., senior executive vice president and director and chief operating officer of the Services Group, Zapata Corp., Houston, Tex.;

JACK R. VAN LOPIK, dean of Louisiana State University's Center for Wetland Resources and a professor in the Department of Marine Sciences;

JAMES M. WADDELL, JR., of Beaufort, S.C., a South Carolina State senator and chairman of the South Carolina Coastal Council;

DON WALSH, director of the Institute for Marine and Coastal Studies at the University of Southern California and a professor of ocean engineering;

ROBERT M. WHITE, administrator of the National Research Council, formerly chairman of the National Academy of Sciences' Climate Research Board, and president of the Joint Oceanographic Institutions.