Nomination of Elinor H. Swaim To Be a Member of the National Commission on Libraries and Information Sciences

The President today announced his intention to nominate Elinor H. Swaim to be a member of the National Commission on Libraries and Information Sciences for the remainder of the term expiring July 19, 1989. She would succeed Patricia Barbour.

Since 1985 Mrs. Swaim has served as chairman of the North Carolina Library Commission in Salisbury, NC. She has been vice chairman of the North Carolina Republican Party since 1987. Mrs. Swaim is active in community and political affairs.

Mrs. Swaim graduated from the University of North Carolina (B.S., 1939). She was born January 7, 1919, in Burlington, NC. Mrs. Swaim is married, has three children, and resides in Salisbury, NC.