Nomination of Terrence M. Scanlon To Be a Commissioner of the Consumer Product Safety Commission

The President today announced his intention to nominate Terrence M. Scanlon to be a Commissioner of the Consumer Product Safety Commission for a term expiring October 26, 1989. He would succeed R. David Pittle.

Mr. Scanlon has been serving as Chief of the Industry and Technology Division at the United States Department of Commerce since 1981. He was with the International Trade Administration at the Department of Commerce in 1980-1981; the Minority Business Development Agency in 1969-1980; the Small Business Administration in 1967-1969; and the White House as a staff assistant in 1963-1966.

He graduated from Villanova University School of Commerce and Finance (B.S., 1961). He is married, has three children, and resides in Washington, D.C. He was born May 1, 1939, in Milwaukee, Wis.