Appointment of Rodney N. Searle as Chairman of the Upper Mississippi River Basin Commission

The President today announced his intention to appoint Rodney N. Searle to be Chairman of the Upper Mississippi River Basin Commission. He would succeed Neil S. Haugerud.

Mr. Searle has been a member of the Minnesota House of Representatives since 1956. He served on the House Appropriations Committee for 22 years and was chairman of the education division of the House Appropriations Committee for 10 years. He was minority leader in 1975-78 and speaker of the House of Representatives in 1979.

Mr. Searle graduated from Mankato State College (B.A., 1960). He is married, has three children, and resides in Waseca, Minn. He was born July 17, 1920, in

Camden, N.J.