Nomination of Roy M. Goodman To Be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation

The President today announced his intention to nominate Roy M. Goodman of New York to be a member of the Board of Directors of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation, U.S. International Development Cooperation Agency, for a term expiring December 17, 1991.

Mr. Goodman currently serves as a member of the New York State Senate, representing the 26th district in Manhattan. He chairs the New York Senate's committee on investigations, taxation, and government operations, and the legislative commission on public-private cooperation. State Senator Goodman is also a member of the senate's standing committees on rules, finance, education, cities, transportation, and crime and correction. He is vice chairman of the senate special committee on the culture industry and holds the post of assistant majority leader.

Mr. Goodman graduated from Harvard College (A.B., 1951) and Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration (M.A., 1953). He was born March 5, 1930, in New York City. He is married, has three children, and resides in Manhattan, NY.