Nomination of James H. Duff To Be a Member of the National Museum Services Board

The President today announced his intention to nominate James H. Duff to be a member of the National Museum Services Board, National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities, for a term expiring December 6, 1991. This is a reappointment.

Since 1973 Mr. Duff has been director, Brandywine River Museum, and executive director, Brandywine Conservancy in Chadds Ford, PA. Previously, he was director, Museum of the Hudson Highlands, 1969-1973 and 1966-1967; instructor in English, University of Maryland Overseas Program, Seoul, Korea, while he served in the U.S. Army, 1968-1969; instructor in English, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, 1965-1966; and director at various regional museums of Palisades Interstate Park Commission in New York State, 1962-1964.

Mr. Duff graduated from Washington & Jefferson College (B.A., 1965) and the University of Massachusetts (M.A., 1970). He is married, has two children, and resides in Chadds Ford, PA. Mr. Duff was born October 11, 1943, in Pittsburgh, PA.