Nomination of Margaret Phelan To Be a Member of the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science

The President today announced his intention to nominate Margaret Phelan to be a member of the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science for a term expiring July 19, 1988. She would succeed Philip A. Sprague.

Mrs. Phelan is currently owner of Phelan Business Research in Shawnee Mission, KS. Prior to this, she was research manager for Heidrick and Struggles, Inc., for almost 17 years.

Mrs. Phelan graduated from Kansas State University (B.S., 1945) and Rosary College (M.A., 1969). She resides in Overland Park, KS, and was born July 8, 1924, in Kansas City, MO.