    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: William J. Clinton (1993, Book I)]
    [May 21, 1993]
    [Pages 717-718]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Appointment for United States Holocaust Memorial Council Posts
    May 21, 1993

        The President today named Holocaust survivor and businessman Miles
    Lerman to be Chair of the United States Holocaust Memorial Council and
    political scientist Ruth Mandel to be

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    the Vice Chair of the Council.
        ``I was deeply moved when I participated in the opening of the U.S.
    Holocaust Memorial Museum last month,'' said the President. ``Miles
    Lerman and Ruth Mandel are charged with keeping the flame of memory
    alive. I have faith in their ability to do so.''

    Note: Biographies of the appointees were made available by the Office of
    the Press Secretary.