Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Nomination of Irvine H. Sprague To Be a Member of the Board of Directors.

The President today announced that he will nominate Irvine H. Sprague, of Stockton, Calif., to be a member of the Board of Directors of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. He would replace George LaMaistre, resigned.

Sprague, 57, is executive director of the Democratic Steering Policy Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives. He was administrative assistant to the House majority whip from 1973 to 1976 and served as a director of FDIC from 1969 to 1972. He was Special Assistant to the President from 1967 to 1968 and deputy director of finance for the State of California from 1963 to 1966.