Nomination of Francis H. Fay To Be a Member of the Marine Mammal Commission

The President today announced his intention to nominate Francis H. Fay to be a member of the Marine Mammal Commission for the term expiring May 13, 1988. He would succeed William Evans.

Since 1983 Mr. Fay has been a professor of marine science at the Institute of Marine Science, University of Alaska, in Fairbanks, AK. Prior to this he was an associate professor at the University of Alaska, 1974-1983.

Mr. Fay graduated from the University of New Hampshire, Durham (B.S., 1950), the University of Massachusetts, Amherst (M.S., 1952), and the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada (Ph.D., 1955). He was born November 18, 1927, in Melrose, MA. Mr. Fay is married, has two children, and resides in Fairbanks, AK.