    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: William J. Clinton (1993, Book II)]
    [September 17, 1993]
    [Pages 1532-1533]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Appointment for Chair of the Commission on Civil Rights
    September 17, 1993

        The President today announced his appointment of Mary Frances Berry
    to be Chair of the Commission on Civil Rights. Berry is the first woman
    to be appointed to the chair since its inception.
        Ms. Berry, the senior member of the Commission, having served as
    Vice-Chair under President Carter, is currently the Geraldine R. Segal
    professor of American social thought and professor of history at the
    University of Penn-

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    sylvania.
        ``Mary Frances Berry is a civil rights scholar as well as an
    advocate,'' said the President. ``I am proud to make this historic
    nomination, and I have every confidence in the commitment and abilities
    of Ms. Berry. Her distinguished life and career uniquely qualify her for
    this new leadership role.''

    Note: A biography of the appointee was made available by the Office of
    the Press Secretary.