The President today announced his intention to nominate Ralph Ball to be a member of the Federal Farm Credit Board, Farm Credit Administration, for a term expiring March 31, 1987. He would succeed Ralph N. Austin.
Mr. Ball is a farmer in Sterling, Kans., where he owns and operates a 2,100-acre corn, milo, wheat, and alfalfa farm. He is vice chairman of the board of Farmland Industries, Inc., and serves on the board of Far Mar Co., Inc., and Farmland Insurance. He is director of the Kansas Association of Wheat Growers and was a member of the White House Conference on Food, Health, and Nutrition.
Mr. Ball was born January 18, 1916, in Stafford, Kans.
Ronald Reagan, Nomination of Ralph Ball To Be a Member of the Federal Farm Credit Board Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/247658