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Nominations Submitted to the Senate

January 09, 1981

The following list does not include promotions of members of the Uniformed Services, nominations to the Service Academies, or nominations of Foreign Service officers.

Submitted January 8, 1981

DOROTHY SELLERS, of the District of Columbia, to be an Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia for a term of 15 years, vice Edmond T. Daly, deceased.

RICARDO M. URBINA, of the District of Columbia, to be an Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia for a term of 15 years, vice Normalie Holloway Johnson, elevated.

JOHN A. GRONOUSKI, of Texas, to be a member of the Board for International Broadcasting for a term expiring April 28, 1983 (reappointment).

Submitted January 8—Continued

THOMAS R. DONAHUE, of the District of Columbia, to be a member of the Board of Directors of the Communications Satellite Corporation until the date of the annual meeting of the Corporation in 1981, vice George Meany.

LYNN R. COLEMAN, of the District of Columbia, to be Deputy Secretary of Energy, vice John C. Sawhill, resigned, to which office he was appointed during the last recess of the Senate.

WALTER MEHEULA HEEN, of Hawaii, to be United States District Judge for the District of Hawaii, vice Dick Yin Wong, deceased, to which office he was appointed during the last recess of the Senate.

RALPH W. EMERSON, of the District of Columbia, to be a member of the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission of the United States for the term expiring September 30, 1981 (new position—P.L. 96-209), to which office he was appointed during the last recess of the Senate.

THOMAS W. FREDERICKS, Of Colorado, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Interior, vice Forrest J. Gerard, resigned, to which office he was appointed during the last recess of the Senate.

ALEX P. MERCURE, of New Mexico, to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for Small Community and Rural Development (new position), to which office he was appointed during the last recess of the Senate.

JOSEPH S. BRACEWELL, of Texas, to be President of the Solar Energy and Energy Conservation Bank (new position), to which office he was appointed during the last recess of the Senate.

The following-named persons to be Assistant Directors of the Community Services Administration, to which offices they were appointed during the last recess of the Senate: LAIRD F. HARRIS, of Michigan, vice Frank Jones, resigned.

HAROLD LAFAYETTE THOMAS, of the District of Columbia, vice John B. Gabusi, resigned.

The following-named persons to be members of the Board of Directors of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting for terms expiring

Submitted January 8—Continued

March 26, 1986, to which offices they were appointed during the last recess of the Senate:

REVEEN W. ASKANASE, of Texas, vice Donald E. Santarelli, term expired.

MELBA PATTILLO BEALS, of California, vice Lucius Perry Gregg, Jr., term expired.

VERNON W. THOMSON, of Virginia, to be a member of the Federal Election Commission for the remainder of the term expiring April 30, 1933, vice Max L. Friedersdorf, resigned, to which office he was appointed during the last recess of the Senate.

ALICE COIG McDONALD, of Kentucky, to be a member of the National Council on Educational Research for a term expiring September 30, 1982, vice John Corbally, term expired, to which office she was appointed during the last recess of the Senate.

JOHN C. TRUESDALE, of Maryland, to be a member of the National Labor Relations Board for the term of 5 years expiring August 27, 1985 (reappointment), to which office he was appointed during the last recess of the Senate.

The following-named persons to be members of the National Museum Services Board for terms expiring December 6, 1985, to which offices they were appointed during the last recess of the Senate:

JOHN CONNELL, of California, vice Gary K. Clarke, term expired.

DOROTHY GRAHAM-WHEELER, of North Carolina, vice George Horse Capture, term expired.

ALBERT T. KLYBERG, Of Rhode Island, vice Charlotte Ferst, term expired.

WALLACE NATHANIEL HYDE, of North Carolina, to be a Governor of the United States Postal Service for the term expiring December 8, 1989, vice M. A. Wright, term expired, to which office he was appointed during the last recess of the Senate.

JOHN C. SAWHILL, of the District of Columbia, to be Chairman of the Board of Directors of the United States Synthetic Fuels Corporation for a term of 7 years (new position), to which office he was appointed during the last recess of the Senate.

Submitted January 8—Continued

The following-named persons to be members of the Board of Directors of the United States Synthetic Fuels Corporation for the terms indicated, to which positions they were appointed during the last recess of the Senate:

JOHN D. DEBUTTS, of Virginia, for a term of 1 year (new position).

CATHERINE BLANCHARD CLEARY, Of Wisconsin, for a term of 2 years (new position).

FRANK SAVAGE, of New York, for a term of 3 years (new position).

JOSEPH LANE KIRKLAND, of the District of Columbia, for a term of 5 years (new position).

Jimmy Carter, Nominations Submitted to the Senate Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/250542

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