Overseas Private Investment Corporation Nomination of James M. Friedman and Richard R. Swarm To Be Members of the Board of Directors.

The President today announced that he will nominate James M. Friedman and Richard R. Swarm to be members of the Board of Directors of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation for terms expiring December 17, 1979.

Friedman, of Shaker Heights, Ohio, would replace Gustave Hauser, who resigned. Friedman was born August 1, 1941, in Cleveland, Ohio. He received an A.B. from Dartmouth College in 1963 and a J.D. from Harvard Law School in 1966. He practiced law in Cleveland from 1967 to 1971 and from 1972 to the present. In 1971 and 1972, he was executive counsel to then-Governor John Gilligan of Ohio. Friedman was chairman of the Ohio Civil Rights Commission from 1972 to 1974.

Swann, of Orlando, Fla., would replace James A. Surfridge, whose term has expired. Swann was born May 5, 1940, in Orlando. He received an A.B. in 1961 and a J.D. in 1963 from Duke University. He is an attorney in Orlando. He is currently special counselor to the Florida treasurer and insurance commissioner. He has served on the Orange County Budget Commission and the Orlando-Orange County Expressway Authority.