Nomination of Kalo A. Hineman To Be a Commissioner of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission

The President today announced his intention to nominate Kalo A. Hineman to be a Commissioner of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission for the term expiring June 19, 1991. This is a reappointment.

Since 1981 Dr. Hineman has served in this position as Commissioner, and since 1947 he has been a cattleman, rancher, wheat and milo farmer in Dighton, KS. He is co-owner of Kalo Hineman Cattle Co. and Hineman Partners, a farming company. Previously, he was a director of First National Bank of Dighton, 1955-1981; and he was a member of the Kansas House of Representatives, 1974-1981. Dr. Hineman is a member of the Kansas Livestock Association, where he served as president in 1972; a member of the board of directors of the National Cattlemen's Association, American Farm Bureau Federation, and the National Association of Wheat Growers.

Dr. Hineman graduated from Kansas State University (D.V.M., 1943). He is married, has four children, and resides in Alexandria, VA. Dr. Hineman was born March 4, 1922, in Dighton, KS.