National Transportation Safety Board Nomination of G. H. Patrick Bursley To Be a Member.

The President today announced that he will nominate G. H. Patrick Bursley for reappointment as a member of the National Transportation Safety Board, for a term expiring December 31, 1984.

Bursley has been a member of the National Transportation Safety Board since earlier this year. He retired from the Coast Guard in 1978 as Chief Counsel, with the rank of rear admiral, after 32 years of service.

He was born April 5, 1925, in Istanbul, Turkey. He received a B.S. from the U.S. Coast Guard Academy in 1946 and a J.D. from George Washington University Law School in 1953.

Bursley had various sea and shore assignments with the Coast Guard between 1946 and 1954. From 1954 to 1958, he was district legal officer in Seattle. From 1958 to 1960, he was commanding officer of the Coast Guard cutter Magnolia. From 1960 to 1964, he was a district legal officer, first in San Francisco, then in Honolulu. From 1964 to 1966, he was Coast Guard liaison with the Treasury Department.

From 1966 to 1968, Bursley was assistant to the Deputy Under Secretary of Transportation. From 1963 to 1969, he was with the Office of Policy Review- in the Office of the Secretary of Transportation, and from 1969 to 1972, he was chief of the Maritime and International Law Division of the Coast Guard.

From 1972 to 1974, Bursley was captain of the port for the Coast Guard in Baltimore. From 1974 to 1976, he was commander of the second Coast Guard district. In 1976 he was chief of the U.S. delegation to the International Conference on Convention for the Limitation of Liability of Maritime Claims, held in London.

From 1976 until his retirement in 1978, Bursley was Chief Counsel to the Coast Guard and Chairman of the Marine Safety Council of the Coast Guard.