International Pacific Salmon Fisheries Commission Appointment of Gordon Sandison as a Member.

The President today announced the appointment of Gordon Sandison, of Olympia, Wash., as a member on the part of the United States of the International Pacific Salmon Fisheries Commission. He replaces Donald W. Moos, who has resigned. Sandison is director of the Washington Department of Fisheries.

He was born February 20, 1919, in Auburn, Wash. He received a B.S. from Seattle University and an LL.D. from St. Martins College.

Sandison served in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1942 to 1945. From 1947 to 1958, he was a member of the Washington State House of Representatives, and from 1958 to 1977 he was a Washington State senator.

Since 1977 Sandison has been director of the Washington Department of Fisheries.