Appointment of Frances Barrett Hammer as an Alternate United States Member of the Roosevelt Campobello International Park Commission

The President today announced his intention to appoint Frances Barrett Hammer to be an alternate member on the part of the United States on the Roosevelt Campobello International Park Commission. She will succeed Grace Tully.

Mrs. Hammer is a member of the Amazing Blue Ribbon 400 and is on the board of directors of the Armand Hammer United World College of the American West. She has participated in the Armand Hammer Conferences for Peace and Human Rights as well as other projects for improvements in human and cultural needs. Mrs. Hammer is one of the founders of the International Student Center at UCLA. She is also a recipient of the Award of the American Women for International Understanding and Peace.

Mrs. Hammer was born April 4, 1902, in Chicago, IL. She is married and resides in Los Angeles, CA.