Appointment of Theodore Alfred Burtis as the United States National Chairman for United Nations Day, 1984

The President today announced his intention to appoint Theodore Alfred Burris to be the United States National Chairman for United Nations Day, 1984.

Mr. Burris is chairman and chief executive officer of the Sun Co., Inc. Previously, he was with the Sun Co. as president in 1976-1981; executive vice president and director in 1975; president, products group in 1974-1975; vice president for marketing in 1972-1974; and vice president for research and development in 1970-1972.

He graduated from Carnegie Institute of Technology (B.S., 1942) and Texas A & M' University (M.S., 1946). He is married, has three children, and resides in Villanova, PA. He was born May 17, 1922, in Jamaica, NY.