Nomination of T.S. Ary To Be Director of the Bureau of Mines

The President today announced his intention to nominate T.S. Ary to be Director of the Bureau of Mines at the Department of the Interior. He would succeed Robert Carlton Horton.

Since 1980 Mr. Ary has been president of minerals exploration division at Kerr-McGee Corp. in Oklahoma City, OK. Prior to this Mr. Ary was vice president and director of development at Utah Exploration, Inc, in San Francisco, CA, 1975-1980. Mr. Ary has served with Union Carbide Exploration Corp., New York, NY, and Grand Junction, CO; vice president, Worldwide Exploration in New York City, 1967-1974; corporate land manager in Grand Junction, 1960-1967; domestic exploration manager and assistant manager exploration in Grand Junction, 1955-1960.

Mr. Ary graduated from Stanford University (B.S., 1951). He was born March 30, 1925, in Eldorado, IL. Mr. Ary is married, has one child, and resides in Oklahoma City, OK.