The President today announced his intention to nominate Arden L. Bement, Jr., to be a member of the National Science Board, National Science Foundation, for a term expiring May 10, 1994. He would succeed Robert F. Gilkeson.
Since 1980 Dr. Bement has been vice president of technical resources for TRW, Inc., in Cleveland, OH. Prior to this he was Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Advanced Technology, 19791980.
Dr. Bement graduated from the University of Idaho (M.S., 1956) and the University of Michigan (Ph.D., 1963). He was born May 22, 1932, in Pittsburgh, PA. Dr. Bement served in the U.S. Army Reserve, 1954-1975. He is married, has eight children, and currently resides in Mayfield Village, OH.
Ronald Reagan, Nomination of Arden L. Bement, Jr., To Be a Member of the National Science Board Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/255116