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 a term expiring January 10, 1994. This is a reappointment.

Since 1987 Mr. Van de Water has been a writer and lecturer in Oceanside, CA. Prior to this he served as Counselor to the U.S. Secretary of Labor, from 1985 to 1987. From 1981 to 1982, he was the Chairman of the National Labor Relations Board.

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