Nomination of Thomas A. Thompson To Be a Member of the Board of Trustees of the Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development

The President today announced his intention to nominate Thomas A. Thompson to be a member of the Board of Trustees of the Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development for a term of years prescribed by Public Law 99498 of October 17, 1986. This is a new position.

Since 1987 Mr. Thompson has been a rancher in Heart Butte, MT. Prior to this he was the superintendent for the public schools in Browning, MT, 1984-1987. In 1986 he was named National Indian Educator of the Year by the National Indian Educator Association. From 1973 to 1979, he also served as a member of the National Advisory Council on Indian Education.

Mr. Thompson graduated from Northern Montana College (B.A., 1965) and the University of Montana (M. Ed., 1970). He was born August 5, 1940, in Browning, MT. He is married, has one child, and resides in Heart Butte, MT.