Appointment of Three Members of the President's Committee on Mental Retardation

The President today announced his intention to appoint the following individuals to be members of the President's Committee on Mental Retardation for terms expiring May 11, 1989:

Martin S. Appel, of California. He would succeed Thomas J. Farrell. Mr. Appel is a member of Ruchin, Richman & Appel, a law firm in Beverly Hills. Mr. Appel graduated from Northwestern University (B.S., 1953; J.D., 1956) and resides in Beverly Hills. He is married, has four children, and was born March 15, 1933, in Chicago, IL.

Jean G. Gumerson, of Oklahoma. She would succeed Richard J. Kogan. Mrs. Gumerson is director of public relations and corporation social policy for the C.R. Anthony Co. in Oklahoma City. She has three children, resides in Oklahoma City, and was born March 19, 1923, in Hayfield, MN.

J. Alfred Rider, of California. He would succeed Vincent C. Gray. Dr. Rider is president, Children's Brain Diseases Foundation, in San Francisco. He graduated from the University of Chicago (S.B, 1942; M.D., 1944; Ph.D., 1951). He is married, has two children, and resides in Mill Valley. Dr. Rider was born January 30, 1921, in Chicago, IL.