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From @lex-luthor.ai.mit.edu:jcma@REAGAN.AI.MIT.EDU Tue May 11 20:45:53 1993
Date: Tue, 11 May 1993 20:41-0400
From: The White House <75300.3115@compuserve.com>
To: Clinton-News-Distribution@campaign92.org
Subject: Commission on Presidential Scholars 5.11.93
THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
For Immediate Release May 11, 1993
PRESIDENT NAMES COMMISSION ON PRESIDENTIAL SCHOLARS
(Washington, DC) The President today appointed 27 members of the
White House Commission on Presidential Scholars. Among them is
New Jersey Governor Jim Florio, who will serve as Chair of the
Commission.
The Commission on Presidential Scholars is responsible for
selecting 141 graduating high school seniors from around the
country to become Presidential Scholars, the nation's highest
honor for high school students. The Scholars are chosen on the
basis of their accomplishments in many areas, such as academic
and artistic success, leadership, and involvement in their
schools and communities.
"The Presidential Scholars Program is an important vehicle
for recognizing the the efforts and accomplishments of our
country's young people," said the President. "I am glad that
Governor Florio and the rest of this distinguished group of
Americans have agreed to serve on this commission, and I look
forward to welcoming the students they choose to the White
House."
In addition to Governor Florio, the members of the
Commission are:
MARGARET R. BLACKSHERE, Illinois. Assistant to the President of
the Illinois Federation of Teachers; Former elementary school
teacher; Holds a Masters in Urban Education from Southern
Illinois University.
FRANCIS J. BONNER, Jr., Pennsylvania. Chair of the Department of
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Mt. Sinai and Graduate
Hospitals, Philadelphia, and Sacred Heart Hospital, Norristown.
THOMAS E. BRITTON, New Hampshire. Chair of the Monadnock Region
District School Board and marketing representative for the
Millipore Corporation and North American Pharmaceutical Field
Marketing.
(more)
White House Commission on Presidential Scholars
page two
REV. S.C. CURETON, South Carolina. Pastor of the Reedy River
Baptist Church, a member of the President's Executive Board of
the National Baptist Convention, U.S.A.
JOHN DAVIDSON, New Mexico. Member of the New Mexico Commission
on Higher Education; Shareholder and Director in the law firm of
Erwin and Davidson.
JOSEPH D. DiVINCENZO, New York. Commissioner of the Niagara
Frontier Transportation Authority; President of DiVincenzo &
Associates Insurance Agency; and Adjunct Professor at the
Rochester Institute of Technology.
JIM R. FOTTER, Wyoming. President of the Wyoming Education
Association; Member of the Education Commission of the States;
and Delegate at the 1992 Democratic National Convention.
SUSAN F. FRIEBERT, Wisconsin. Former teacher and currently a
high school team leader for guidance counselors and community
volunteers to develop and implement programs to direct student
academic planning and achievement.
SUSAN E. GAERTNER, Minnesota. Director of the Human Services
Division of the Ramsey County, MN Attorney's Office, where she
directs legal services for child support enforcement, paternity
actions and civil commitments for the second largest jurisdiction
in the State.
FELICIA GERVAIS, Florida. President of Leonard L. Farber
Incorporated, a shopping center development firm. She also
serves on numerous non-profit boards, including Outreach Broward
(a program for troubled adolescents) and Center One (the nation's
first AIDS center).
FREMAN HENDRIX, Michigan. Assistant Wayne County Executive for
Legislative Affairs; Member of many civic groups, including the
Northwest Detroit Community Leaders Council.
PATRICIA JEAN HENRY, Oklahoma. President of the National PTA;
Member of the boards of the Oklahoma State Chamber of Commerce
and the Academy for State Goals; Co-Founder of Pathway House, a
rehabilitation program for drug addicted children.
BARBARA HOLT, Maine. Director of Franklin Pierce College in
Portsmouth, NH; Served as the Chair and Director of Victory '92
in Maine.
GLORIA JACKSON, Florida. Retired public school administrator in
Ft. Lauderdale; Alternate Delegate to the Democratic National
Convention.
(more)
White House Commission on Presidential Scholars
page three
NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE LaCOUR, Louisiana. President of the United
Teachers of New Orleans; Vice President of the American
Federation of Teachers; National Board Member of the A. Philip
Randolph Institute; and Member of the National Board for
Professional Teaching Standards.
DHYAN LAL, California. Principal of Carson High School in Los
Angeles; and was the focus of a PBS documentary exploring how a
Principal communicates with a culturally diverse student
population to create a positive learning environment in post-riot
Los Angeles.
RONNIE FERN LIEBOWITZ, New Jersey. Partner in the Newark law
firm of Hellring, Lindman Goldstein & Siegal; Former General
Counsel to Rutgers University.
BILL MARSHALL, Ohio. Law professor; served as the State
Director of Maine for the Clinton Campaign.
PENNY MILLER, Kentucky. Assistant Professor of Political Science
at the University of Kentucky; Chair of the Kentucky Commission
on Women.
SANDY MILLER, Nevada. First Lady of the state of Nevada; Former
teacher and advocate for children with learning disabilities.
MARILYN MONAHAN, New Hampshire. Secretary-Treasurer of the
National Education Association.
DAN MORALES, Texas. Attorney General of Texas; First Hispanic
elected to a statewide Constitutional office in the state of
Texas.
DANIEL MORRIS, Colorado. Former teacher and President of the
Colorado Education Association; Former Peace Corps volunteer.
CARLA NUXOLL, Washington. President of the Washington Education
Association; Chair of the Board of PULSE.
JAMES SHIMOURA, Michigan. Former Special Assistant Attorney
General for the State of Michigan; Shareholder in the law firm of
Kemp, Klein, Umphrey and Edelman.
EDDIE L. SMITH, JR., Mississippi. Former high school teacher;
Mayor of the City of Holly Springs, MS.
DAWN STEEL, California. President of Columbia Pictures from
1987-1990, the first woman to head a major motion picture studio.
(more)
White House Commission on Presidential Scholars
page four
NIARA SUDARKASA, Pennsylvania. President of Lincoln University
in Chester County, Pennsylvania; Previously the Associate Vice
President for Academic Affairs at the University of Michigan,
where she was the first African American woman to receive tenure.
NANCY VERDERBER, Missouri. Administrative Liaison for Disability
Related Issues for the St. Louis County School Districts and a
member of the Coalition of Citizens with Disabilities in Greater
St. Louis.
MARGARET M. WHILLOCK, Arkansas. Executive Vice President of the
Baptist Medical Systems Foundation in Little Rock; Director of
Development at the University of Arkansas.
TRACEY BAILEY, Florida. National Teacher of the Year.
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