Nomination of Harold V. Hunter To Be Administrator of the Rural Electrification Administration

The President today announced his intention to nominate Harold V. Hunter to be Administrator of the Rural Electrification Administration, Department of Agriculture, for a term of 10 years.

Mr. Hunter has been owner and operator of HVH Farms in Waukomis, Okla. He was chairman of the national board of directors of the American Polled Hereford Association in 1972 and was a member of the board in 1969-74. In 1972 Mr. Hunter was United States delegate to the World Hereford Congress, Union of South Africa. He was president of the Oklahoma Polled Hereford Association for four terms.

Since 1965 Mr. Hunter has served on the board of directors of the Waukomis State Bank. He was a member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives in 1962-69 and served as Republican assistant floor leader. In 1969-77 he was Oklahoma State executive director of the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service. In 1973 Mr. Hunter was a Department of State team member to the Government Wheat Stabilization Program in Afghanistan.

Mr. Hunter is married, has two children, and resides in Waukomis, Okla. He was born in Waukomis on August 14, 1917.