The President today announced his intention to nominate Miguel Rios, Jr., to be a member of the National Science Board, National Science Foundation, for a term expiring May 10, 1994. He would succeed Norman C. Rasmussen.
Since 1985 Dr. Rios has been president, founder, and owner of ORION International Technologies, Inc., in Albuquerque, NM. Prior to this he was a member of the technological staff of Sandia National Laboratories, 1975-1984.
Dr. Rios graduated from the University of Southern California (B.S., 1965), California State University at Los Angeles (M.S., 1967), and the University of Maryland (Ph.D., 1971). He was born July 18, 1941, in El Paso, TX. He is married, has four children, and resides in Albuquerque, NM.
Ronald Reagan, Nomination of Miguel Rios, Jr., To Be a Member of the National Science Board Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/252922