The President today announced his intention to appoint John H. Steele to be a member of the Arctic Research Commission for a term expiring February 26, 1992. He would succeed Albert Lincoln Washburn.
Since 1977 Dr. Steele has been director of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute in Woods Hole, MA. Prior to this he was with Marine Laboratory in Aberdeen, Scotland, serving in several positions: department director, 1973-1977; senior principal science officer, 1966-1973; and marine scientist, 1951-1966.
Dr. Steele graduated from the University College of London University (B.Sc., 1946; D.Sc, 1964). He was born November 15, 1926, in Edinburgh, United Kingdom. He is married, has one child, and resides in Woods Hole, MA.
Ronald Reagan, Appointment of John H. Steele as a Member of the Arctic Research Commission Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/255040