Appointment of Louis Kestenbaum as a Member of the United States Holocaust Memorial Council

The President today appointed Louis Kestenbaum to be a member of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council for a term expiring January 15, 1994. He would succeed Ruth R. Miller.

Since 1987 Mr. Kestenbaum has served as chairman of the board of Americorp Equities, Inc., of Brooklyn, NY. Prior to this he was president and chairman of the board of the Ramlu Trading Corp. in New York, NY, 1976-1987.

Mr. Kestenbaum graduated from United Talmudical Academy (B.A., 1972; M.A., 1973). He was born May 23, 1951, in Milan, Italy. Mr. Kestenbaum is married, has four children, and resides in New York, NY.