Nomination of Robert Elsner To Be a Member of the Marine Mammal Commission

The President today announced his intention to nominate Robert Elsner to be a member of the Marine Mammal Commission for the term expiring May 13, 1987. He would succeed Robert Weeden.

Since 1973 Dr. Elsner has been serving as professor of marine science, Institute of Marine Science, at the University of Alaska. Previously, he served as associate professor of physiology at Scripps Institution of Oceanography and in the department of pediatrics at the University of California at San Diego (1970-1973); visiting scientist, department of human physiology and pharmacology, University of Adelaide, South Australia (1969-1970); and associate research physiologist, physiological research laboratory, Scripps Institution of Oceanography (1963-1970). He also served as a distinguished lecturer at the University of Hawaii (1971) and was a member of the panel on biological and medical sciences, Committee on Polar Research, at the National Academy of Sciences (1971-1974).

He graduated from New York University (B.A., 1950) and the University of Washington (M.S., 1955; Ph.D., 1959). He is married, has three children, and resides in Ester, AK. He was born June 3, 1920, in Boston, MA.