Nomination of E. Pendleton James To Be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Communications Satellite Corporation

The President today announced his intention to nominate E. Pendleton James to be a member of the Board of Directors of the Communications Satellite Corporation until the date of the annual meeting of the Corporation in 1989. This is a reappointment.

Since 1982, Mr. James has been president of Pendleton James and Associates, Inc., an executive search firm in New York City. Previously, he was an Assistant to the President for Presidential Personnel, the White House, 1981-1982; director of the office of Presidential personnel for the office of the President-elect, 1980-1981; and president and owner of Pen James & Associates, Inc., in Los Angeles, 1976-1981.

Mr. James graduated from the University of the Pacific in Stockton (B.A., 1954). He is married, has two children, and resides in New York City.