[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 29, Number 21 (Monday, May 31, 1993)]
[Page 930]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Announcement of Chair and Vice Chair of the United States Holocaust 
Memorial Council

 May 21, 1993

    The President today named Holocaust survivor and business man Miles 
Lerman to be Chair of the United States Holocaust Memorial Council and 
political scientist Ruth Mandel to be 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 persons named were made available by the Office 
of the Press Secretary. This item was not received in time for 
publication in the appropriate issue.