Nomination of Herman Agoyo To Be a Member of the Board of Trustees of the Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development

The President today announced his intention to nominate Herman Agoyo to be a member of the Board of Trustees of the Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development for a term of years prescribed by Public Law 99498 of October 17, 1986. This is a new position.

Since 1987 Mr. Agoyo has been chairman of the All Indian Pueblo Council (AIPC) in Albuquerque, NM. Prior to this, he was a program administrator for the San Juan Pueblo Tribal Council, 1982-1987, and a real property officer, 1980-1982. Mr. Agoyo was a consultant in the Office of Indian Affairs for the State of New Mexico, 1980; program director for AIPC Tricentennial Commission, 1979-1980; and executive director for the Eight Northern Indian Pueblos Council, 1970-1979.

Mr. Agoyo graduated from Manhattan College (B.S., 1958) and the University of New Mexico (M.A., 1969). He was born October 30, 1934, in Santa Fe, NM. Mr. Agoyo served in the U.S. Army, 1960-1962. He is married, has six children, and resides in Albuquerque, NM.