Corporation for Public Broadcasting Nomination of Irby Turner, It., To Be a Member of the Board of Directors.

The President today announced that he will nominate Irby Turner, Jr., of Belzoni, Miss., to be a member of the Board of Directors of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting for a term expiring March 26, 1982. He would replace Virginia B. Duncan, term expired.

Turner was born May 7, 1932. He holds a B.A. from Millsaps College and an LL.B. from the University of Mississippi Law School. He served in the U.S. Army from 1955 to 1957.

Turner has practiced law since 1957 and has been city attorney for Belzoni, Miss., since 1959. He served in the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1960 to 1968.

Turner was a director of the Mississippi Authority for Educational Television from 1970 to 1976 and chairman of the board from 1972 to 1976. He was a member of the Board of Governors of the Public Broadcasting Service from 1973 to 1976.