January 22, 1987
The President today announced his intention to nominate Frank H.T. Rhodes, of New York, to be a member of the National Science Board, National Science Foundation, for a term expiring May 10, 1992. He would succeed Donald B. Rice.
Since 1977 Dr. Rhodes has been president of Cornell University. He graduated from the University of Birmingham, England (B.S., 1948; Ph.D., 1950). Dr. Rhodes was born October 29, 1926, in Warwickshire, England.
Ronald Reagan, Nomination of Frank H.T. Rhodes To Be a Member of the National Science Board Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/253076