Nomination of Barbara J.H. Taylor To Be a Member of the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science

The President today announced his intention to nominate Barbara J.H. Taylor to be a member of the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science for a term expiring July 19, 1990. She would succeed Gordon M. Ambach.

Mrs. Taylor was appointed as the U.S. National Commissioner for UNESCO in 1982 and served as a senior adviser to the United States delegation, 22d General Conference of UNESCO in Paris, France (1983). She also represented the United States at the 15th General Assembly of the International Social Science Council, Paris, France, in 1983. She is chairman of the Daughters of the American Revolution Schools for Underprivileged Children.

She attended the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service. She is married, has one child, and resides in Potomac, MD. She was born September 9, 1934, in Providence, RI.