Nomination of Lilla Burt Cummings Tower To Be a Member of the Board for International Broadcasting

The President today announced his intention to nominate Lilla Burt Cummings Tower to be a member of the Board for International Broadcasting for the remainder of the term expiring May 20, 1986, vice Frank Shakespeare, and for a term expiring May 20, 1989, reappointment.

Mrs. Tower served as Director of the Institute of Museum Services, National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities, in 1981-1983. Previously she was an attorney in private practice. In 1973 she was appointed by the mayor of the District of Columbia to the Board of Zoning Adjustment and reappointed in 1974. She served as an economist and assistant to the chief economist, Rand Corp., in 1950-1953; assistant director of political and legislative research, Congressional Quarterly News Features, Inc., in 1949-1950; and graduate and undergraduate assistant in economics, George Washington University, in 1948-1950.

Mrs. Tower graduated from George Washington University (A.B., 1949; J.D., 1960) and Georgetown University (L.L.M., 1965). She is married, has one child, and resides in Washington, DC. She was born October 6, 1928, in Philadelphia, PA.