Nomination of Michael Novak To Be a Member of the Board for International Broadcasting

The President today announced his intention to nominate Michael Novak to be a member of the Board for International Broadcasting for a term expiring April 28, 1991. This is a reappointment.

Since 1978 Mr. Novak has held the George Frederick Jewett Chair in Religion and Public Policy and has been resident scholar for the American Enterprise Institute in Washington, DC. He has also served as the U.S. Representative to the United Nations Human Rights Commission in Geneva, 1981-1983.

Mr. Novak graduated from Stonehill College (A.B., 1956), Gregorian University in Rome (B.T., 1958), and Harvard University (M.A., 1965). He was born September 9, 1933, in Johnstown, PA. He is married, has three children, and resides in Washington, DC.