Appointment of Robert N. Broadbent as Commissioner of the Bureau of Reclamation

The President today announced the appointment of Robert N. Broadbent to be Commissioner of the Bureau of Reclamation, Department of the Interior.

Mr. Broadbent is currently a Federal bankruptcy trustee. Previously he was a pharmacist in 1950-75. Since 1968 he has served as an elected member of the board of county commissioners, Clark County, Nev. In 1959-68 he was mayor and member of the Boulder City Council.

He was graduated from Idaho State University (B.S., 1950). He served in the U.S. Air Force in 1945-46.

Mr. Broadbent is married, has four children, and resides in Las Vegas, Nev. He was born June 19, 1926, in Ely, Nev.