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THE WHITE HOUSE

Office of the Press Secretary


For Immediate Release December 20, 1994
        PRESIDENT CLINTON NAMES NOEL HANKIN TO THE PRESIDENT'S BOARD
        OF ADVISORS ON HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES

The President today announced his intent to appoint the following individual to the President's Board of Advisors on Historically Black Colleges and Universities.

Noel Hankin of Wisconsin is currently Director of Ethnic Marketing for the Miller Brewing Company in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Mr. Hankin joined Miller Brewing Company in 1986 as a branch manager. In 1988, he was named Category Manager and in 1989, he was promoted to Director of Marketing Relations. Before joining the Miller Brewing Company, Mr. Hankin was a Vice President and Account Supervisor at Ogilvy and Mather Advertising. Mr. Hankin earned a B.S. degree from Queens College in New York City.

The President's Board of Advisors on Historically Black Colleges and Universities advises the President and the Secretary of Education on the development of a federal program designed to achieve an increase in the participation of historically black colleges and universities in federally sponsored programs, and advises on increasing the private sector role in strengthening historically black colleges and universities. Particular emphasis is given to facilitating technical, planning, and development advice to historically black colleges and universities, with the goal of ensuring their viability.

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