Nomination of Thomas A. Bolan To Be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation

The President today announced his intention to nominate Thomas A. Bolan to be a member of the Board of Directors of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation. He would succeed Richard R. Swann.

Since 1972 Mr. Bolan has been counsel to the law firm of Saxe, Bacon and Bolan in New York City. He joined the firm, then Saxe, Bacon and O'Shea, in 1959 as an associate and became a partner in 1960.

Mr. Bolan attended St. John's University and Law School. He is married, has five children, and resides in Flushing, N.Y. He was born May 30, 1924.