Nomination of Curtis Virgil McVee To Be Federal Cochairman of the Alaska Land Use Council

The President today announced his intention to nominate Curtis Virgil McVee to be Federal Cochairman of the Alaska Land Use Council. He would succeed Vernon R. Wiggins.

Since 1986 Mr. McVee has served as executive director of the Alaska Miners Association in Anchorage, AK. Prior to this, he served as president of the Alaska Community Engineering Services and a private consultant, 1984 - 1986; State Director of the Bureau of Land Management in Anchorage, AK, 1971 - 1984; and Assistant and Associate State Director of the Bureau of Land Management, 1967 - 1971. In addition, he has served in several other capacities for the Bureau of Land Management, including watershed specialist at the Department of the Interior in Washington, DC, 1963 - 1967; district manager in Ely, NV, 1960 - 1963; assistant district manager in Miles City, MT, 1955 - 1960; and a range conservationist in Dillon, MT, 1954 - 1955.

Mr. McVee graduated from Montana State University (B.S., 1950). He was born March 11, 1929, in Glasgow, MT. He is married, has four children, and resides in Anchorage, AK.