Nomination of Louis Roman DiSabato To Be a Member of the National Museum Services Board

The President today announced his intention to nominate Louis Roman DiSabato to be a member of the National Museum Services Board of the Institute of Museum Services, National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities, for a term expiring December 6, 1987. He would succeed Lloyd Hezekiah.

Since 1968 Mr. DiSabato has been serving as director of the San Antonio Zoo. Previously he was director of Seneca Park Zoo in Rochester, N.Y., in 1963-1968 and director of the Columbus Zoo in Columbus, Ohio, in 1961-1963.

He was a director of the American Association of Zoological Parks and Aquariums for 2 terms. He has been a member of the International Union of Directors of Zoological Gardens since 1970.

He is married, has five children, and resides in San Antonio, Tex. He was born October 7, 1931, in Columbus, Ohio.