The President today announced his intention to nominate Peter H. Raven to be a member of the National Museum Services Board of the Institute of Museum Services, National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities, for a term expiring December 6, 1987. This is a reappointment.
Mr. Raven is currently serving as director of the Missouri Botanical Garden in St. Louis, Mo. In addition he serves as Engelmann Professor of Botany, Washington University, St. Louis; adjunct professor of biology, St. Louis University; and adjunct professor of biology, University of Missouri, St. Louis. He is vice president and president-elect of the American Institute of Biological Sciences and has been on the executive committee of the American Association of Museums since 1980.
He graduated from the University of California at Berkeley (A.B., 1957) and the University of California at Los Angeles (Ph. D, 1960). He is married, has four children, and resides in St. Louis, Mo. He was born June 13, 1936.
Ronald Reagan, Nomination of Peter H. Raven To Be a Member of the National Museum Services Board Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/262576