Nomination of Lynda Anne Barness To Be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Inter-American Foundation

The President today announced his intention to nominate Lynda Anne Barness to be a member of the Board of Directors of the Inter-American Foundation for a term expiring October 6, 1990. She would succeed Doris B. Holleb.

In 1983 she was the eastern finance director for the Arlen Specter for U.S. Senate Committee. Previously she was in the office of Senator Arlen Specter in 1982. She was with the Barness Organization in 1979-1982.

She graduated from Tufts University (B.A., 1971) and the University of Pennsylvania (M.A., 1972). She has two children and resides in Ambler, PA. She was born April 22, 1929, in Philadelphia, PA.