Appointment of J. Joseph Lydon as a Member of the Advisory
Committee of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
July 27, 1983

The President today announced his intention to appoint J. Joseph Lydon to be a member of the Advisory Committee to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation forthe remainder of the term expiring February 19, 1985. He will succeed L. R. Hubbard, Jr.

Since 1963 Mr. Lydon has been in the general practice of law, specializing in labor relations and pension law. In addition, he served as labor counsel to the commissioner, Massachusetts State Police, in 1970-1976; assistant corporation counsel, city of Boston, in 1969-1971; and chief legislative counsel to the Massachusetts Port Authority in 1968-1970.

Mr. Lydon graduated from Suffolk University (A.B., 1957), Boston College Law School (LL.B., 1961), and Burdett College (A.A., 1964). He is married, has three children, and resides in Dover, Mass. He was born May 18, 1930, in Boston, Mass.