Appointment of Daniel J. Elazar as a Member of the Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations

The President today announced his intention to appoint Daniel J. Elazar to be a member of the Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations for a term of 2 years. He will succeed Mary Kathleen Teague.

Since 1967 he has been serving as professor of political science and director of the Center for the Study of Federalism at Temple University. He has also been serving as president of the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs in Jerusalem and Philadelphia since 1976.

Mr. Elazar graduated from the University of Chicago (M.A., 1957; Ph.D., 1959). He is married, has three children, and resides in Philadelphia, PA. He was born August 25, 1934, in Minneapolis, MN.