Nomination of John R. Silber To Be a Member of the Advisory Board for Radio Broadcasting to Cuba

The President today announced his intention to nominate John R. Silber to be a member of the Advisory Board for Radio Broadcasting to Cuba for a term of 1 year. This is a new position.

Dr. Silber has been president of Boston University since 1970. At Boston University he is university professor of philosophy and law. He is a spokesman on the maintenance of academic standards and the financing of higher education and has several publications on those subjects. He is also the author of numerous writings on ethics and the philosophy of law.

He was a professor of philosophy and university professor of arts and letters at the University of Texas at Austin, where he also served as dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. He has received four awards for distinguished teaching, including the Morris Ernst Award for excellence in teaching and the Danforth Foundation's E. Harris Harbison Award for distinguished teaching.

He graduated from Trinity University (B.A., 1947) and Yale University (M.A., 1952; Ph.D., 1956). He is married, has four children, and resides in Brookline, MA. He was born August 15, 1926, in San Antonio, TX.