Nomination of Ernest Eugene Pell To Be an Associate Director of the United States Information Agency

The President today announced his intention to nominate Ernest Eugene Pell to be an Associate Director of the United States Information Agency (Broadcasting). He would succeed Kenneth Y. Tomlinson.

Since 1983 Mr. Pell has been serving as Deputy Director, Voice of America, at the United States Information Agency. In 1982-1983 he was chief correspondent for WCVB-TV in Boston, MA, and Director of News and Current Affairs at the Voice of America. Previously, he was with NBC News as Pentagon correspondent (1980-1982); network correspondent (1978-1982); and Moscow correspondent and bureau chief (1978-1980). He was a television anchorman for WCVB-TV in 1977-1978 and with the Westinghouse Broadcasting Co. in 1963-1977.

Mr. Pell graduated from Harvard University (B.A., 1959) and Boston University (M.S., 1963). He is married, has two children, and resides in Bethesda, MD. He was born March 15, 1937, in Paducah, KY.