Nomination of Alan Marshall Elkins To Be a Member of the Board of Regents of the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences

The President today announced his intention to nominate Alan Marshall Elkins to be a member of the Board of Regents of the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Department of Defense, for a term expiring May 1, 1993. He would succeed David I. Olch.

Since 1969 Dr. Elkins has been chief of psychiatry of Maine Medical Center in Portland, and president of the medical staff, 1980. Prior to this, Dr. Elkins was director of community psychiatry for St. Luke's Hospital Center in New York City, 1965-1969, and associate attending psychiatrist, 1961- 1969. He was senior examiner of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, 1969-present.

Dr. Elkins graduated from Dartmouth College (A.B., 1952) and Boston University School of Medicine (M.D., 1957). He served in the United States Army Medical Corps Reserve, 1956-1965. He was born December 20, 1930, in Boston, MA. He is married and resides in Cape Elizabeth, ME.