Nomination of Craig C. Black To Be a Member of the National Science Board

The President today announced his intention to nominate Craig C. Black to be a member of the National Science Board, National Science Foundation, for a term expiring May 10, 1990. He would succeed David V. Ragone.

Since 1975 Dr. Black has been director of the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History. Previously, he was director of the museum and professor of geosciences at Texas Tech University (1972-1975); associate professor, department of systematics and ecology, University of Kansas (1970-1972); and curator (1962-1970) and associate curator (1960-1962) of vertebrate fossils at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History. He has served as president of the American Association of Museums and the Association of Science Museum Directors. He is a fellow of the Geological Society of America and a member of the Society for the Study of Evolution and the Paleontological Society.

Dr. Black graduated from Amherst College (A.B., 1954; M.A., 1957) and Harvard University (Ph.D., 1962). He has two children and resides in Los Angeles, CA. He was born May 28, 1932, in Peking, China.