Nomination of Katherine D. Ortega To Be a Commissioner of the Copyright Royalty Tribunal

The President today announced his intention to nominate Katherine D. Ortega to be a Commissioner of the Copyright Royalty Tribunal for a term of 7 years from September 27, 1982. She would succeed Frances Garcia.

She currently serves as consultant to Otero Savings and Loan Association in Alamogordo, N. Mex. She was president and director of the Santa Ana Bank, Santa Ana, Calif., in 1975-1977. She was vice president and cashier, Pan American National Bank, Los Angeles, Calif., in 1972-1975, and tax supervisor with Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Co. in Los Angeles, Calif., in 1969-1972.

She graduated from Eastern New Mexico University (B.A., 1957). She resides in Alamogordo, N. Mex. She was born July 16, 1934.