Nomination of James H. Duff To Be a Member of the National Museum Services Board

The President today announced his intention to nominate James H. Duff to be a member of the National Museum Services Board, National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities, for the remainder of the term expiring December 6, 1986. He would succeed Craig C. Black.

Mr. Duff is currently serving as the executive director of the Brandywine Conservancy and the director of the Brandywine River Museum. Previously he was the director of the Museum of the Hudson Highlands, Cornwall-on-Hudson, NY, in 1969-1973. He served as the president of the Mid-Atlantic Association of Museums and was a regional delegate to the Council of the American Association of Museums in 1982-1985.

Mr. Duff graduated from Washington and Jefferson College (B.A., 1965) and the University of Massachusetts (M.A., 1970). He is married, has two children, and resides in Chadds Ford, PA. He was born October 11, 1943, in Pittsburgh, PA.