Nomination of Milton J. Hertz To Be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Commodity Credit Corporation

October 7, 1986

The President today announced his intention to nominate Milton J. Hertz, Administrator, Agriculture Stabilization and Conservation Services, U.S. Department of Agriculture, to be a member of the Board of Directors of the Commodity Credit Corporation. He would succeed Everett George Rank, Jr.

Since May of this year Mr. Hertz has been Administrator, and he was Associate Administrator, Agriculture Stabilization and Conservation Services, 1985 - 1986; member of the board, North Dakota State Board of Higher Education, 1976 - 1983; and the owner and operator of Hertz Farms, a diversified grain farm in Mott, ND, from 1959 to 1983.

Mr. Hertz graduated from Dickinson State College (B.S., 1955). He is married, has four children, and resides in Vienna, VA. Mr. Hertz was born January 19, 1935, in Elgin, ND.