Nomination of Vernon R. Wiggins To Be Federal Cochairman of the Alaska Land Use Council

The President today announced his intention to nominate Vernon R. Wiggins to be Federal Cochairman of the Alaska Land Use Council.

Since 1978 Mr. Wiggins has been executive director and secretary to the board of directors, Citizens for the Management of Alaska Lands, Inc., Anchorage, Alaska. Previously, he was planning services manager with Tryck, Nyman & Hayes (Engineers, Planners & Surveyors) in 1973-77; associate planner, senior planner, assistant planning director, and director of planning, municipality of Anchorage, in 1967-72; assistant planner and director of planning, charter township of Waterford (Mich.) in 1963-67; and planning technician, Northern Kentucky Area Planning Commission, in 1962-63.

Mr. Wiggins graduated from the University of Cincinnati (B.A., 1962). He is married, has two children, and resides in Anchorage, Alaska. He was born June 15, 1939, in Norwood, Ohio.