Nomination of Robert Setrakian To Be a Commissioner of the Federal Maritime Commission

The President today announced his intention to nominate Robert Setrakian to be a Commissioner of the Federal Maritime Commission for the term expiring June 30, 1987. He would succeed Richard J. Daschbach.

Mr. Setrakian is president, part owner, and director of the Mid-State Horticultural Co., Inc., in San Francisco, Calif. He also serves as a director of First Nationwide Savings and as a member of the American Society of Enologists. He was chairman and chief executive officer of California Growers Winery, Inc., in 1971-1982; director of Air West in 1965-1970; founder and chairman of the board of the National Bank of Agriculture in 1963-1968; director of Pacific Air Lines in 1962-1965; and president and director of Coastwise Steamship Line in 1959-1962.

He graduated from Stanford University (B.A., 1949). He has four children and resides in San Francisco, Calif. He was born January 21, 1924, in Fresno, Calif.