Nomination of Robert Oberndoerfer Harris To Be a Member of the National Mediation Board

The President today announced his intention to nominate Robert Oberndoerfer Harris to be a member of the National Mediation Board for the term expiring July 1, 1986. This is a reappointment.

Mr. Harris has served on the National Mediation Board since 1977. He has been Chairman since 1982 and also served in that position in 1979-1980. He is adjunct professor at Washington College of Law at the American University. Previously he was staff director and counsel, Committee on the District of Columbia, United States Senate, in 1971-1977; staff director and counsel, Committee on Labor and Public Welfare, United States Senate, in 1969-1971; counsel, Labor Subcommittee of the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare, United States Senate, in 1967-1969; and assistant to the Chairman of the National Labor Relations Board in 1961-1967.

Mr. Harris graduated from Columbia College (A.B., 1951), Yale Law School (LL.B., 1954), Georgetown Law School (LL.M., 1961), and attended the Harvard Business School advanced management program in 1972-1973.

He is married, has two children, and resides in Washington, D.C. He was ,born November 11, 1929, in New York, N.Y.