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Nomination of Robert M. Garrick To Be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Communications Satellite Corporation

October 13, 1981

The President today announced his intention to nominate Robert M. Garrick to be a member of the Board of Directors of the Communications Satellite Corporation (COMSAT).

Mr. Garrick recently served as Deputy Counselor to the President and resigned his full-time position to return to his public relations business in California.

Mr. Garrick, a retired rear admiral in the U.S. Navy Reserve, has been on leave from his position as senior vice president of Doremus & Co., an international public relations firm. He served on the transition organization as deputy director for public affairs and was director of research and policy development for the Reagan-Bush campaign committee.

Mr. Garrick attended Los Angeles City College, the University of Southern California, and the University of Hawaii, where he majored in journalism, radio and aeronautical engineering. During World War II, he served as an enlisted combat correspondent in the U.S. Navy on the staff of Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz. During his 4 years in the Navy, he advanced from yeoman 3/C to chief yeoman. He was commissioned a lieutenant junior grade in the Naval Reserve in 1948, and in 1973 was promoted to the rank of rear admiral, as the Naval Reserve's first public affairs flag officer.

Following World War II, he returned to the Los Angeles Times-Mirror Corp. and served as assistant director of public relations. In 1947 he became director of public relations and advertising for the A. F. Gilmore Co. and the Hollywood Farmer's Market. He founded Robert M. Garrick Associates, a public relations consulting firm, in 1951, serving industrial and commercial firms and associations. In 1973 the firm was incorporated as Garrick Associates, Inc., and in 1975 the corporation merged with Doremus & Co.

Mr. Garrick retired from the Naval Reserve in March 1980 and was awarded the Legion of Merit. His other awards include two Navy Commendation Medals, the Asia-Pacific ribbon with 16 combat stars, and the World War II Victory, American Theatre, Naval Reserve Good Conduct, Philippines Liberation medals and other citations. He is a member of the Public Relations Society of America and has been awarded the Society's Silver Anvil, the highest recognized award in the public relations field.

Mr. Garrick is married to the former Billie Clair Welsh of Kansas City, Mo. They have two children, Martin Welsh Garrick and Patti Kathleen Garrick. The Garricks reside in Pasadena and Bonsall, Calif.

Ronald Reagan, Nomination of Robert M. Garrick To Be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Communications Satellite Corporation Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/247409

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