Nomination of Sonia Landau To Be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting

The President today announced his intention to nominate Sonia Landau to be a member of the Board of Directors of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting for a term expiring March 26, 1991. This is a reappointment.

Ms. Landau has been a member of the board of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting since 1981 and is presently serving as Chairman. She served on the Presidential transition team on the National Endowment for the Arts in 1981. Previously she was executive director of the New York State Republican Finance Committee in 1980. In 1978-1979 she was employed with J. Walter Thompson, in London, England. She was director of corporate affairs for the Dreyfus Corp. in New York City in 1977-1978.

She graduated from the University of Denver (B.A., 1958). She is married, has two children, and resides in New York City. She was born July 14, 1937, in Wichita, KS.