Appointment of John R. Van de Water as a Member of the Federal Service Impasses Panel

The President today announced his intention to appoint John R. Van de Water to be a member of the Federal Service Impasses Panel, Federal Labor Relations Authority, for the remainder of the term expiring January 10, 1989. He would succeed Robert G. Howlett.

Mr. Van de Water is currently a writer-lecturer in San Diego, CA. Prior to this, he was Counselor to the U.S. Secretary of Labor, 1985-1987, and Chairman of the National Labor Relations Board, 1981-1982. He also served at the University of California, Los Angeles, as director of executive programs for the Graduate School of Management, and was an adjunct professor of management and industrial relations at the Graduate School of Business Administration at the University of Southern California.

Mr. Van de Water graduated from the University of Chicago (B.A., 1939; J.D., 1941). He was born March 26, 1917, in Long Beach, CA. He served in the U.S. Army, 1945-1946. Mr. Van de Water has six children and resides in San Diego, CA.