The President today announced his intention to nominate George D. Hart to be a member of the National Council on the Humanities, National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities, for a term expiring January 26, 1990. He would succeed Jacob Neusner.
Mr. Hart is president of Farnsworth & Ruggles in San Francisco, CA. He is also president and owner of Farnsworth & Ruggles, Draying and Warehousing and Inglewood Realty Corp. He is chairman of the Associated Investors of Northern California.
He serves as a member of the boards of trustees of Boston University, the San Francisco Fine Arts Museums Foundation, and the Institutes of Medical Sciences. He is a member of the board of overseers of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston and the board of fellows of Boston University. In 1962-1974 he served on the board of trustees of the California State University and Colleges by appointment of the Governor of California.
He graduated from Stanford University (A.B., 1931), the University of San Francisco (LL.D., 1974), the University of the Redlands (D.B.A., 1974), and Boston University (LL.D., 1980). He is married, has four children, and resides in Ross, CA. He was born January 25, 1908, in San Francisco, CA.
Ronald Reagan, Nomination of George D. Hart To Be a Member of the National Council on the Humanities Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/259679