Nomination of Vilma Rosso Taracido To Be Assayer of the New York Assay Office

The President today announced his intention to nominate Vilma Rosso Taracido to be Assayer of the United States Assay Office at New York, NY. She would succeed Saul Silverman.

Mrs. Taracido served as a senior research assistant at the Sloan Kettering Institute for Cancer Research in 1972-1983. Previously, she was a quality control supervisor, Travenol Laboratories (1967); research technician, National Institutes of Health Laboratory of Perinatal Physiology (1965); and quality control technician, Western Fehr (1964).

Mrs. Taracido graduated with a bachelor of science degree from Catholic University of Puerto Rico. She is married, has three children, and resides in New Rochelle, NY. She was born August 26, 1941, in Ponce, PR.