Appointment of A. Wayne Roberts as a Member of the National Commission for Employment Policy

The President today announced his intention to appoint A. Wayne Roberts to be a member of the National Commission for Employment Policy for the remainder of the term expiring September 30, 1988. He would succeed Paul A. Russo.

Since May of this year Mr. Roberts has been executive vice president, Lake Champlain Regional Chamber of Commerce, in Burlington, VT. Previously he was Deputy Under Secretary, U.S. Department of Education, from 1983 to 1986. Mr. Roberts graduated from Babson College (B.S., 1964) and the University of Massachusetts (M.B.A., 1967).

Mr. Roberts has three children and resides in South Burlington, VT. He was born February 25, 1944, in Boston, MA.