Nomination of Howard D. Gutin To Be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting

The President today announced his intention to nominate Howard D. Gutin to be a member of the Board of Directors of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting for a term expiring March 1, 1989. He would succeed William Lee Hanley.

Since 1981 Mr. Gutin has been serving as president and general manager of the Southwest Texas Public Broadcasting Council, KLRN-TV in San Antonio and KLRU-TV in Austin. Previously, he was with KLRN-TV as vice president, acting general manager, and station manager (1980-1981); vice president for production of the Southwest Texas Public Broadcasting Council (1979-1980); lieutenant colonel in the United States Army as Director of Media at the Academy of Health Sciences, Fort Sam Houston, TX (1971-1978); audiovisual consultant to the Surgeon General, U.S. Army, and the Army Medical Department worldwide (1971-1979); and administrative assistant and senior aide to the Surgeon General, U.S. Army, 1969-1971.

Mr. Gutin graduated from the University of Nebraska (B.A.) and the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College. He is married, has three children, and resides in San Antonio, TX. He was born August 17, 1930, in Patterson, NJ.