Appointment of Clarence W. Skye as a Member of the National Advisory Council on Indian Education

The President today announced his intention to appoint Clarence W. Skye to be a member of the National Advisory Council on Indian Education for a term expiring September 29, 1985. He will succeed Edward K. Thomas.

Since 1978 Mr. Skye has been serving as executive director of the United Sioux Tribes of South Dakota Development Corporation in Pierre, S. Dak. Previously he was equal employment opportunity director for the United Sioux Tribes of South Dakota Development Corporation; administrative manager for the tribal chairman of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in Fort Yates, N. Dak.; and was in the Office of Tribal Assistance Administration, Division of Intergovernmental Personnel Programs, United States Civil Service Commission, at the Denver Federal Center in Denver, Colo.

He received a bachelor of science degree from Black Hills State College. He is married, has three children, and resides in Pierre, S. Dak. He was born July 26, 1941, in Fort Yates, N. Dak.