    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: William J. Clinton (1993, Book I)]
    [May 11, 1993]
    [Pages 626-628]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Appointment for Members of the Commission on Presidential Scholars
    May 11, 1993

        The President today appointed 32 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 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

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    of the Commission are:
        Margaret R. Blackshere, Illinois, assistant to the president of the
            Illinois Federation of Teachers; former elementary school
            teacher; holds a master's 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; marketing representative for the
            Millipore Corp. and North American Pharmaceutical Field
            Marketing
        Rev. S.C. Cureton, South Carolina, pastor of the Reedy River Baptist
            Church; 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; 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;
            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, Inc., a
            shopping center development firm; also serves on numerous
            nonprofit 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
        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; member of the National Board for
            Professional Teaching Standards
        Dhyan Lal, California, principal of Carson High School in Los
            Angeles; 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 Maine State
            director 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

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            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 Holly Springs, MS
        Dawn Steel, California, president of Columbia Pictures from 1987 to
            1990, the first woman to head a major motion picture studio
        Niara Sudarkasa, Pennsylvania, president of Lincoln University in
            Chester County, PA; 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; 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