South Pacific Commission Appointment of Vernon A. Mund as an Alternate U.S. Representative.

The President today announced the appointment of Vernon A. Mund, of Seattle, Wash., to be an Alternate Representative of the United States on the South Pacific Commission for the term of 2 years. He will replace Frederick W. Rohlfing, term expired.

Mund was born June 5, 1906, in Larchmont, Iowa. He received a B.B.A., 1928, and an M.B.A., 1929, from the University of Washington. He received a Ph. D. in 1932 from Princeton University. From 1931 to 1932, he was an instructor at Princeton University. He was professor of economics at the University of Washington from 1937 to 1975.