THE WHITE HOUSE

Office of the Press Secretary

            PRESIDENT CLINTON NAMES MEMBERS TO THE ADVISORY 
                 COMMISSION ON WESTERN WATER RESOURCES

     The President today announced his intention to appoint Denise Fort

as Chair and eight others as members of the Advisory Commission on Western Resources.

To serve as a member and Chair:

     DENISE D. FORT of New Mexico.   Ms. Fort is 
     Director of the Water Resources Administration at 
     the University of New Mexico and an Assistant 
     Professor at the School of Law.  She is the former 
     director of the New Mexico Environmental 
     Improvement Division.

To serve as members:

     BRUCE BABBITT of Arizona.   Mr. Babbitt serves on 
     the Commission as a function of serving as the 
     Secretary of the Interior. 
  
     TOGO WEST of the District of Columbia.   Mr. Togo 
     serves on the Commission as a function of serving 
     as the Secretary of the Army.

     HUALI G. CHAI of California.  Ms. Chai is an 
     attorney specializing in civil torts and an expert 
     in biochemistry, for which she was awarded two 
     National Science Foundation grants.  Ms. Chai is 
     the former Chair of Asian, Inc, a non-profit group 
     advocating minority small business in San 
     Francisco.
     
     JANET C. NEUMAN of Oregon.  Ms. Neuman is an 
     attorney specializing in water and natural 
     resource issues.  She is also a Professor at the 
     Northwestern University School of Law and former 
     director of the Oregon Division of State Lands.
     
     JACK ROBERTSON of Oregon.   Mr. Robertson is 
     Deputy Administrator of the Bonneville Power 
     Administration, the largest Federal power 
     marketing administration in the country.

     HARRIETT M. WIEDER of California.  Ms. Wieder is 
     Chair of the Orange County Board of Supervisors.

     JOHN E. ECHOHAWK of Colorado.   Mr. Echohawk is an 
     attorney for the Native American Rights Fund and 
     an enrolled member of the Pawnee Tribe of 
     Oklahoma.  He previously served as a member of the 
     Senate Task Force on Treaties and the Federal-
     Indian Relationship.    

     PATRICK O'TOOLE  of Wyoming..  Mr. O'Toole is a 
     sheep rancher and a former  member of the Wyoming 
     legislature.

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