Nomination of Charles M. Lichenstein To Be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting

June 15, 1987

The President today announced his intention to nominate Charles M. Lichenstein to be a member of the Board of Directors of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting for a term expiring March 26, 1992. He would succeed Sharon P. Rockefeller.

Mr. Lichenstein is currently a senior fellow of international relations at the Heritage Foundation. Prior to this he served as an Alternate United States Representative to the United Nations, 1981 - 1984.

Mr. Lichenstein graduated from Yale University (B.A., 1948; M.A., 1950). He was born September 20, 1926, in Albany, NY, and currently resides in Washington, DC.