Hugh L. Ray appointed to the National Commission on Product Safety, 1968

Event

Date: circa 1968-04
Kind: Appointment
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: governmentgovernancecommunity

Summary

The April 1968 Beaver Beacon reported President Lyndon B. Johnson’s appointment of Hugh L. Ray of Chicago to the new seven-member National Commission on Product Safety. The notice identified Ray as a former Beaver Island summer resident who continued to visit island friends by yacht.

Evidence and limits

This is a newspaper appointment notice and a Beaver Island connection. It does not provide commission records, the full appointment date, or a complete biographical account.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, April 1968, “Ex-Summer Resident Receives L.B.J. Appointment.”
Reports Hugh L. Ray's appointment to the seven-member National Commission on Product Safety and describes his childhood summers and continuing visits to Beaver Island; it does not provide commission records or a complete biography.
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Beaver Beacon, April 1968, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held six-page issue scan is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the published appointment notice.
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Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Hugh L. Ray appointed to the National Commission on Product Safety, 1968”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-hugh-ray-product-safety-appointment-1968/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, April 1968, “Ex-Summer Resident Receives L.B.J. Appointment.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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