Nomination of J. Wade Gilley To Be a Member of the National Advisory Council on Educational Research and Improvement

The President today announced his intention to nominate J. Wade Gilley to be a member of the National Advisory Council on Educational Research and Improvement for a term expiring September 30, 1990. He would succeed Gwyneth Gayman.

Since 1981 Mr. Gilley has been senior vice president for George Mason University in Fairfax, VA. Prior to this he was secretary of education for the State of Virginia, 1978-1981. Mr. Gilley was president and professor of engineering for Bluefield State College in West Virginia, 1975-1978.

Mr. Gilley graduated from Virginia Polytechnic Institute (B.S., 1961; M.S., 1964; Ph.D., 1966). He was born August 15, 1938, in Fries, VA. Mr. Gilley is married, and has two children, and resides in Vienna, VA.