Nomination of William E. Seale To Be a Commissioner of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission

The President today announced his intention to nominate William E. Seale to be a Commissioner of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission for a term expiring April 13, 1988. He would succeed James M. Stone.

Mr. Scale was vice president of government relations for Commodity Exchange, Inc., in New York City, in 1979-1983. Previously he was legislative assistant to U.S. Senator Walter D. Huddleston in 1975-1979 and in the Department of Agricultural Economies at the University of Kentucky in 1970-1975.

He is the author of several publications on agriculture. He graduated from the University of Kentucky (A.B., 1963; M.S., 1969; Ph.D., 1975). He is married, has three children, and resides in McLean, Va. He was born February 10, 1941, in Lynchburg, Va.