Appointment of Charles Jarvis Meyers as a Member of the President's Intelligence Oversight Board

The President today announced his intention to appoint Charles Jarvis Meyers to be a member of the President's Intelligence Oversight Board. This is a new position.

Mr. Meyers is a partner in the firm of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher in Denver, Colo. He was dean at Stanford University in 1976-1981 and served as professor of law in 1962-1981 at Stanford. He was associate, then full professor of law at Columbia University in 1954-1962. He was assistant, then associate professor of law at the University of Texas in 1949-1954.

He graduated from Rice University (B.A., 1949), the University of Texas (LL.B., 1949), and Columbia University (LL.M., J.S.D., 1953, 1964). He is married, has two children, and resides in Denver, Colo. He was born August 7, 1925.