Nomination of William Lee Hanley, Jr., To Be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting

The President today announced his intention to nominate William Lee Hanley, Jr., to be a member of the Board of Directors of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting for the remainder of the term expiring March 26, 1987. He would succeed Karl Eller, who has resigned.

Mr. Hanley is presently serving as president, chairman of the board, and chief executive officer of Hanley Co., Inc., in New York, NY. He is a trustee of the International Center for the Disabled and the Greenwich (CT) Hospital, serving as chairman of its planning committee, a director of the Boys Club of Greenwich, and education chairman for the metropolitan New York., chapter of the Young Presidents Organization. Mr. Hanley previously served as a member of the Board of Directors of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting for a term which expired March 1, 1984. He graduated from Yale University (B.A., 1964).

He is married to the former Alice Hoffman and has five children and resides in Greenwich, CT. He was born January 27, 1940, in New York, NY.