Appointment of Gopal S. Pal as a Member of the President's Committee on the National Medal of Science

The President today announced his intention to appoint Gopal S. Pal to be a member of the President's Committee on the National Medal of Science, for a term expiring December 31, 1987. He would succeed Naomi J. McAfee.

Dr. Pal has been a dentist in Annandale, VA, since 1974. He was associate professor in the department of pedodontics at Howard University School of Dentistry (1978-1981); a member of the staff of the Fairfax County Department of Health Dental Clinic (1969-1974); clinical instructor, Georgetown University Dental School, department of pedodontics (1968-1969); and in the private practice of dentistry in Trivandrum, India (1962-1966).

Mr. Pal graduated from the University of Calcutta (B.D.S., 1962), the University of Bombay (M.D.S., 1966), and the University of Iowa (M.S., 1968). He is married, has two children, and resides in McLean, VA. He was born March 24, 1939, in Trivandrum, India.