Nomination of Robert H. Mattson To Be a Member of the National Advisory Council on Educational Research and Improvement

The President today announced his intention to nominate Robert H. Mattson to be a member of the National Advisory Council on Educational Research and Improvement for a term expiring September 30, 1991. This is a reappointment.

Since 1977 Dr. Mattson has been director of special projects (office of the dean) at the University of Oregon in Eugene, OR. He has also been an associate dean and director of the division of educational policy of management in the college of education at the University of Oregon since 1979.

Dr. Mattson graduated from Montana State University (B.S., 1949), State University of Iowa (M.A., 1950), and the University of Oregon (Ed.D., 1959). He was born November 19, 1925, in Outlook, MT. He served in the U.S. Navy, 1943-1946. Dr. Mattson is married, has four children, and resides in Eugene.