Nomination of Allen Weinstein To Be a Member of the Board of Directors of the United States Institute of Peace

The President today announced his intention to nominate Allen Weinstein to be a member of the Board of Directors of the United States Institute of Peace for a term of 4 years expiring January 19, 1989. This is a new position.

Mr. Weinstein is president of the Center for Democracy in Washington, DC. Previously he was university professor at Georgetown University. He also served at Georgetown's Center for Strategic and International Studies in the following positions: executive editor of the Washington Quarterly, senior fellow for American institutions and values, and executive director of the CSIS bipartisan congressional policy group in international communications. He served as Vice Chairman on the United States delegation to the UNESCO World Conference on Cultural Policies held in Mexico City in 1982. He was a member of the editorial board of the Washington Post in 1981 and served as professor of history at Smith College in 1966-1981.

Mr. Weinstein graduated from the City College of New York (B.A. and Ph.D.) and Yale University (M.A.). He is married, has two children, and resides in Washington, DC. He was born September 1, 1937, in New York City.