Nomination of Richard M. Scaife To Be a Member of the United States Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy

The President today announced his intention to nominate Richard M. Scaffe to be a member of the United States Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy for a term expiring July 1, 1988. This is a reappointment.

Mr. Scaffe is publisher of the Tribune Review Publishing Co. in Pittsburgh, PA. He also serves as chairman and publisher of Sierra Publishing Co. in Sacramento, CA; publisher of Lebanon News Publishing Co., Lebanon, PA; director of First Boston, Inc., in New York City; chairman of Calvary, Inc., in Pittsburgh; and director of Air Tool Parts & Service Co. in Pittsburgh. He has served as a director of the World Affairs Council of Pittsburgh and as a member of the Presidential Task Force on the Arts and Humanities, the Presidential Commission on Broadcasting to Cuba, and the Advisory Board of the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, DC.

Mr. Scaffe graduated from the University of Pittsburgh (B.A., 1957). He is married, has two children, and resides in Pittsburgh, PA. He was born July 3, 1932, in Pittsburgh.