The President today announced his intention to appoint Sherwin T.S. Chan to be a member of the Commission on Civil Rights for the remainder of the 6-year term expiring November 29, 1989. He would succeed Clarence M. Pendleton, Jr.
Since 1985 Mr. Chan has been an engineering specialist in the aircraft division of the Northrop Corp. in Hawthorne, CA. Prior to this he was senior engineer-scientist for the IBM Corp., 1967-1985. Since 1987 Mr. Chan has also served on the President's Committee on the National Medal of Science.
Mr. Chan graduated from the National Sun Yat-sen University (B.S., 1946) and the University of Southern California (M.S., 1952). He was born August 19, 1922, in Hong Kong. He is married, has five children, and resides in San Marino, CA.
Ronald Reagan, Appointment of Sherwin T.S. Chan as a Member of the Commission on Civil Rights Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/255315