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Appointment of James D. Robinson III as a Member of the Dwight David Eisenhower Centennial Commission

January 19, 1989

The President today appointed James D. Robinson III to be a member of the Dwight David Eisenhower Centennial Commission. He would succeed Robert E. Merriam.

Since 1977 Mr. Robinson has been chairman and chief executive officer for American Express Co. in New York City. Previously he was president of that company, 1975-1977.

Mr. Robinson graduated from the Georgia Institute of Technology (B.S., 1957) and Harvard University (M.B.A., 1961). He was born November 19, 1935, in Atlanta, GA. He is married, has two children, and resides in New Princeton, CT.

Ronald Reagan, Appointment of James D. Robinson III as a Member of the Dwight David Eisenhower Centennial Commission Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/253506

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