Appointment of M. Lester O'Shea as a Member of the Board of Foreign Scholarships

The President announced today his intention to appoint M. Lester O'Shea to be a member of the Board of Foreign Scholarships for the remainder of the term expiring September 22, 1987. He would succeed John Wilson, and for a term expiring September 22, 1990. This is a reappointment.

Since 1966 Mr. O'Shea has been a managing partner of the General Western Co. in San Francisco, CA. Prior to this he worked in the corporate finance department of Dean Witter & Co. in New York (1963-1966).

Mr. O'Shea graduated from Stanford University (B.A., 1959) and Harvard University (M.B.A., 1963). He was born December 6, 1938, in San Francisco. Mr. O'Shea is married, has one child, and resides in San Francisco, CA.