Nomination of Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr., To Be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation

The President today announced his intention to nominate Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr. to be a member of the Board of Directors of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation, United States International Development Cooperation Agency, for a term expiring December 17, 1989. He would succeed Paul J. Manafort, Jr.

Mr. Daniels is currently president and chief executive officer of the Hudson Institute in Indianapolis, IN. Prior to this he was Assistant to the President for Political and Intergovernmental Affairs at the White House, 1985-1987.

Mr. Daniels graduated from Princeton University (A.B., 1971) and Georgetown University (J.D., 1979). He was born April 7, 1949, in Monongahela, PA. Mr. Daniels is married, has four children, and resides in Indianapolis, IN.