Nomination of Alfred J. Fleischer, Sr., To Be a Member of the Board of Directors of the National Corporation for Housing Partnerships

The President today announced his intention to nominate Alfred J. Fleischer, Sr., to be a member of the Board of Directors of the National Corporation for Housing Partnerships for the term expiring October 27, 1982. He would succeed Kenneth Rothschild. The President also intends to nominate Mr. Fleischer for a term expiring October 27, 1985.

Mr. Fleischer is managing partner of Fleischer-Seeger Construction Co. and is director and manager of the Gemini Industrial Parks and manager of Regency Park, in St. Louis, Mo. He is past president of the Associated General Contractors of St. Louis. Mr. Fleischer is management-cochairman of PRIDE, a construction industry-wide association, and is director of the Commerce-Manchester Bank in St. Louis, the Commerce-South Bank, Midwestern Joists, Inc., General Mortgage Co., and American Mutual Insurance Companies.

He is chairman of the Business and Industrial Development Commission of St. Louis County; a Missouri member of the Education Commission of the States; a member of the United States Olympic Committee; and a member of the Board of Jewish Federations of St. Louis.

Mr. Fleischer has been awarded the Man-of-the-Year award from the St. Louis construction industry, and the Associated General Contractors of St. Louis awarded him a plaque for outstanding services in the construction industry in the community.

He is married, has three children, and resides in St. Louis, Mo. He was born October 14, 1915, in St. Louis.