Nomination of Charles Wilson Shuman To Be Administrator of the Farmers Home Administration

The President today announced his intention to nominate Charles Wilson Shuman to be Administrator of the Farmers Home Administration, Department of Agriculture.

Since 1977 Mr. Shuman has been with Blunt, Ellis and Loewi, Inc., in Decatur, Ill. From 1971 to 1977, he was with the Farmers Home Administration in Champaign, Ill., as Illinois State Director. From 1958 to 1971, Mr. Shuman was a self-employed farmer in Sullivan, Ill.

Mr. Shuman graduated from the University of Illinois, College of Agriculture, in 1957.

Mr. Shuman was born June 16, 1935, and resides in Sullivan, Ill.