Overseas Private Investment Corporation Nomination of Edward L. Marcus To Be a Member of the Board of Directors.

The President today announced that he will nominate Edward L. Marcus, of Branford, Conn., to be a member of the Board of Directors of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation for a term expiring December 17, 1980. He would replace Herbert Salzman, resigned.

Marcus was born June 14, 1927, in Brooklyn, New York City. He received a B.A. from Yale University in 1948 and an LL.B. from Yale Law School in 1950.

Since 1950 Marcus has been a practicing attorney in New Haven, Conn., specializing in real estate, corporate, and commercial law. He was a member of the Connecticut State Senate from 1958 to 1970.