Nomination of David Lowenthal To Be a Member of the National Council on the Humanities

The President today announced his intention to nominate David Lowenthal to be a member of the National Council on the Humanities, National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities, for a term expiring January 26, 1992. He would succeed Marcus Cohn.

Since 1966 Dr. Lowenthal has been a professor in the political science department at Boston College and served as its chairman from 1967 to 1974. Previously, he was an associate professor and chairman of the political science department at Wheaton College, 1958-1966; an instructor at

Harvard University, 1955-1958; and an instructor and assistant professor at North Carolina State College, 1950-1954.

Dr. Lowenthal graduated from Brooklyn College (B.A., 1943), New York University (B.S., 1946), New School for Social Research (M.A., 1948; Ph.D., 1953). He is married, has two children, and resides in Sharon, MA. Dr. Lowenthal was born February 1, 1923, in Brooklyn, NY.