The President today announced his intention to nominate Henry M. Rivera to be a member of the Federal Communications Commission for the term expiring June 30, 1987, succeeding James H. Quello, whose term has expired.
Since 1973 Mr. Rivera has been an attorney with the law firm of Sutin, Thayer & Browne and is currently a partner of that firm. From 1968 to 1970, Mr. Rivera served in the U.S. Army in Vietnam.
Mr. Rivera graduated from the University of New Mexico (B.A.) in 1968 and from the University of New Mexico (J.D.) in 1973.
He was born September 25, 1947, in New Mexico. Mr. Rivera is married, with one child, and resides in Albuquerque, N. Mex.
Ronald Reagan, Nomination of Henry M. Rivera To Be a Member of the Federal Communications Commission Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/246764