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    "ocrText": "Digitized from Box 24 of the White House Press Releases at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library\nFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE\nAPRIL 19, 1976\nOffice of the White House Press Secretary\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nThe President today announced his intention to nominate eighteen persons to be\nmembers of the Board of Directors of the National Institute of Building Sciences\nfor the terms indicated commencing on the date of incorporation. They are:\nFor a term of one year\nRobert J. Brungraber, of Lewisberg, Pennsylvania, Research\nEngineer, Bureau of Standards and Professor of Civil Engineering,\nBucknell University, Gaithersburg, Maryland.\nLeo J. Cantor, of Richmond, Virginia, Commissioner of Buildings\nfor the City of Richmond.\nJodie R. Johnson, of Gulfport, Mississippi, President, Johnson Homes,\nInc., Gulfport, Mississippi.\nJoseph H. Newman, of West Orange, New Jersey, Senior Vice President,\nTishman Research Corporation and First Vice President, Tishman Realty\nand Construction Company, New York, New York.\nCharles H. Pillard, of Silver Spring, Maryland, International President,\nInternational Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Washington, D.C.\nRobert F. Schmitt, of Berea, Ohio, President, Bob Schmitt Homes,\nStrongsville, Ohio.\nFor a term of two years\nWilliam F. Floyd III, of Atlanta, Georgia, Construction Manager,\nAtlanta Region, Builders Investment Group, Atlanta, Georgia.\nJaspar S. Hawkins, of Glendale, California, Principal, Hawkins\nand Lindsay, Architects, Los Angeles, California.\nWarner Howe, of Memphis, Tennessee, Owner, Gardner and Howe\nStructural Engineers, Memphis, Tennessee.\nCharlene Sizemore, of Huntington, West Virginia, President, Women's\nClub of Huntington; member, Consumer Advisory Council of Underwriters\nLaboratories of Chicago, Huntington, West Virginia.\nS. Peter Volpe, of Wakefield, Massachusetts, President and Treasurer,\nthe Volpe Construction Company, Inc., Malden, Massachusetts.\nJeremiah T. Walsh, of Bronx, New York, Commissioner, Department\nof Buildings, City of New York Housing and Development Adminis ration,\nNew York, New York.\n(MORE)\n- 2 -\nFor a term of three years\nO.M. Mader, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Vice President of Corporate\nMarketing, Aluminum Corporation of America, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.\nRobert A. Georgine, of Silver Spring, Maryland, President, Building\nand Construction Trades Department, AFL-CIO, Silver Spring, Maryland.\nRudard A. Jones, of Urbana, Illinois, Research Professor of\nArchitecture and Building Research Council; Director, Small Homes\nCouncil and Building Research Council, University of Illinois, Champaign,\nIllinois.\nDavid S. Miller, of Shaker Heights, Ohio, President, David S. Miller\nand Associates, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.\nGlen R. Swenson, of Salt Lake City, Utah, Director, Utah State\nBuilding Board and President, National Council of States on Building\nCodes and Standards, Salt Lake City, Utah.\nHerbert H. Swineburne, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Independent\nConsultant in architecture, panning and building research, Philadelphia,\nPennsylvania.\nThe President also announced his intention to designate Mr. O. M. Mader to serve\nas Chairman.\nThe initial appointees shall serve staggered terms as indicated above. Thereafter,\nthey shall serve terms of three years with no member being eligible to serve in\nexcess of three consecutive terms of three years each.\nThe Institute was established by Title VIII of the Housing and Community Develop-\nment Act of 1974 (Public Law 93-383 of August 22, 1974) and is to consist of not\nless than 15 and not more than 21 members appointed by the President.\nThe purpose of the Institute is to develop and encourage the adoption of rformance\ncriteria for building components.\n#\n#\n#"
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