Nomination of M. Robert Hill, Jr., To Be a Member of the Board of Regents of the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences

The President today announced his intention to nominate M. Robert Hill, Jr., to be a member of the Board of Regents of the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Department of Defense, for a term expiring June 20, 1989. He would succeed Eugene M. Farber.

Dr. Hill is a general and vascular surgeon in Concord, CA. He is also assistant clinical professor of surgery at the University of California at Davis and attending consultant to Martinez VA Hospital in Martinez, CA. He is a member of the American Medical Association, the California Medical Association, and the American College of Surgeons.

He graduated from La Sierra College (B.S., 1945) and Loma Linda University (M.D., 1947). He is married, has three children, and resides in Walnut Creek, CA. He was born June 1, 1923, in Los Angeles, CA.