国际英语新闻：Obama announces members of oil spill commission

WASHINGTON, June 14 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama announced on Monday the names of five other members of a seven- member presidential commission on oil spill.

The five members are Frances G. Beinecke, Donald Boesch, Terry D. Garcia, Cherry A. Murray and Frances Ulmer.

Frances Beinecke is currently the President of the Natural Resources Defense Council, a non-profit corporation that works to advance environmental policy in the United States and across the world.

Oil mixed with garbage is seen as it approaches the shore in Gulf Shores, Alabama June 12, 2010.

Donald Boesch is the President of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, where he is also a Professor of Marine Science and Vice Chancellor for Environmental Sustainability for the University System of Maryland.

Terry D. Garcia is currently Executive Vice President for Mission Programs for the National Geographic Society. He is responsible for the Society's core mission programs, including programs that support and manage more than 400 scientific field research, conservation and exploration projects annually.