Nomination of Four Members of the Board of Directors of the United States Synthetic Fuels Corporation

The President today announced his intention to nominate four individuals to be members of the Board of Directors of the United States Synthetic Fuels Corporation.

Robert A. G. Monks has been chairman of the board of directors of the Boston Co., Inc., Boston, Mass., since 1975. In 1975-76 he was president of the Maine Wood Fuel Co., Portland, Maine. He has been president of Ram & Co., a real estate investment firm since 1972. In 1967-71 Mr. Monks was president of C. H. Sprague & Son Co., a coal and oil distribution firm in Boston. During 1967-71, Mr. Monks held directorships with Westmoreland Coal Co., Winding Gulf Coal Co., and Penn-Virginia Corp. In 1973-76 he was chairman of the finance committee of Sulpetro of Canada, Ltd., a natural gas company. Mr. Monks was graduated from Harvard College (1954) and Harvard Law School (1958). He is married, has two children, and resides in Cape Elizabeth, Maine, and Boston, Mass. He was born in Boston on December 4, 1933.

Victor Schroeder has been manager of development for the Atlanta Apparel Mart and executive director of the Peachtree Center since 1978. He has also been president and chief executive officer of Aplomb, Inc., consulting in real estate analysis, planning, leasing, operating, management and building of real estate development. In 1975-78 he was a consultant and contract manager to various business clients. In 1971-74 Mr. Schroeder was senior vice president for development of the Phipps Land Co. In 1970-71 he was president of Resort Properties, Jasper, Ga. Mr. Schroeder attended Oklahoma State University and graduated from Officer Candidate School at Fort Benning, Ga. He is married, has five children, and resides in Atlanta, Ga. Mr. Schroeder was born in Rosedale, Kans., on July 29, 1921.

V. M. Thompson, Jr., is chairman of the board and chief executive officer of Utica National Bank & Trust Co. and Utica Bankshares Corp., Tulsa, Okla. He was president and chief executive officer of Utica National Bank & Trust Co. in 1970-77. In 1973-77 Mr. Thompson was vice chairman of the board, First National Bank & Trust Co., Stillwater, Okla. In 1957—73 he was president and chief executive officer. He recently served on the Oklahoma City branch of the Federal Reserve Board. Mr. Thompson was graduated from the University of Oklahoma (1948) and served in the U.S. Marine Corps in 1942-46. He is married, has three children, and resides in Tulsa, Okla. He was born in Thomas, Okla., on November 12, 1924.

C. Howard Wilkins is founder and managing partner of the Maverick Co. In 1966 he built, owned, and operated 13 Pizza Hut restaurants in the State of Kentucky and acted as president of Pizza Huts of Louisville, Inc. Later he merged his Kentucky-based Pizza Hut franchises into Pizza Corporation of America, a $50-million corporation that eventually became Pizza Hut, Inc., in September 1974. He served as vice chairman of the board of Pizza Huts, Inc., until leaving to found the Maverick Co. Mr. Wilkins was graduated from Yale University (1960). He is married, has five children, and resides in Wichita, Kans. He was born in Wichita on February 19, 1938.