Nomination of Antonio Navarro To Be a Member of the Advisory Board for Radio Broadcasting to Cuba

The President today announced his intention to nominate Antonio Navarro to be a member of the Advisory Board for Radio Broadcasting to Cuba for a term of 3 years. This is a new position.

Mr. Navarro is a senior vice president of W.R. Grace & Co. He joined the company in 1961 and in 1971 was appointed vice president of Grace's Natural Resources Group, general manager of the industrial complex in Paramonga, Peru, and manager of Grace's Peruvian chemical division. In 1973 he became vice president of the corporate communications division and was based in New York. He was elected a corporate vice president in 1978 and named to his present position in February 1982.

He serves on the advisory board of the Council of the Americas, is a member of the North American-Chilean Chamber of Commerce, and is a member of the Pan-American Society of the United States.

He graduated from the Georgia Institute of Technology (B.S., 1944). He is married, has three children, and resides in New York, NY. He was born September 26, 1922, in Havana, Cuba.