THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
PRESIDENT NAMES DELEGATES TO THE
WHITE HOUSE CONFERENCE ON AGING
President Clinton today named the following individuals to serve as Delegates to the White House Conference on Aging. The 1995 White House Conference on Aging will take place May 2-5 at the Washington Hilton in Washington, D.C. It will be the culmination of more than 800 grass-roots events held across the country and will bring together nearly 2,200 delegates from all 50 states, three territories and the District of Columbia to help craft a national aging policy for the next decade. The remaining 35 appointees will be announced in the near future. Brief biographies of the delegates follow:
Fidel Aguilar of Colorado is both the Political Education and
Retiree Coordinator for the Colorado AFL-CIO.
Frank Alexander of Iowa is the President of the
Iowa State Council of Senior Citizens.
Samuel Amorose of Pennsylvania is the former
President of the Pennsylvania State Council of
Senior Citizens.
Lena Archuleta of Colorado is a retired Denver
public school principal and serves on the board of
directors of the American Association of Retired
Persons.
Norma Asnes of the District of Columbia is a well
known writer, serves on the Board of the Joint
Center for Political and Economic Studies, and is
a member of the Madison Council of the Library of
Congress.
Judy Basham of New Mexico was a public servant for
29 years in the State of New Mexico, serving most
recently as the State Personnel Director.
Theressa Burns of Minnesota works in the
Geriatric Research Education and
Clinical Center at the Minneapolis
Veterans Medical Center.
Shirley Cagle of Louisiana is the former
Coordinator and Assistant Director of
the Ouachita Council on Aging, and is
well known in the State of Louisiana for
her work with senior citizens.
Helen Carlstrom of Washington is a retired teacher
who is actively involved in health care
reform in Washington.
Amelia Castillo of Texas is the Executive Director of
El Paso Senior Opportunities and Services, a clinic
that provides the elderly with the means for
independent living. She has been a clinical
practitioner for the last 15 years.
George Chassey of South Carolina is the Director of
Development for the South Carolina Episcopal Home in
Still Hopes, South Carolina.
Harvey Cohen of North Carolina is a Director at the
VA Medical Center in Durham, President of the
American Geriatrics Society, and Director of the Duke
University Center for Aging.
Victoria Cowell of Maryland is a Minister who serves
at the Commission on Mental Health Services for the
District of Columbia at St. Elizabeth's Campus.
Erica Goode of California is an Associate Clinical
Professor of Medicine at the University of
California, San Francisco.
Pauline Gore, mother of Vice President
Al Gore, of Tennessee is active in
senior citizens issues.
Helene Grossman of New York is a leader
in the field of gerontology and has
managed a home for the aged and blind.
Harry Guenther of Florida is a former
assistant to the President of the United
Steelworkers of America and sits on the
Executive Committee of the National
Council on Senior Citizens.
Richard Gunther of California is the
President of Americans for Peace Now and
a member of the American Association of
Retired Persons.
Lars Hennum of Washington is a Regional
Director for the National Council on
Senior Citizens, and President of the
Washington State Council of Senior
Citizens.
Sherrye Henry of New York is an author
and broadcast journalist. She is active
in the DANA Alliance, a non-profit
foundation which supports medical
research with an emphasis on aging issues.
Peggy Houston of Tennessee is the former
President of both the Tennessee
Federation on Aging and the Tennessee
Senior Center Directors Association.
Laura Hyatt of California is the Executive
Director of the American Subacute Care
Association, whose purpose is to take care of
transitional senior citizen patients who are
rehabilitative or acutely ill.
Theresa McKenna of Virginia is the
editor of the "Retirement Newsletter"
and is a board member of the National
Council of Senior Citizens.
Matthew McNulty of Mississippi is the
former Chancellor and Vice President for
Georgetown University. Dr. McNulty
currently serves on the Department of
Veterans Affairs Advisory Committee on
Geriatrics and Gerontology.
Herbert McTaggart of Ohio is a retired
AFL-CIO Retiree Coordinator and is a
member of the Northern Ohio Health
Service Agency, which works to control
cost and quality care in hospitals and
nursing homes.
Cecil Malone of Arkansas is the Director
of both the Arkansas American
Association of Retired Persons and
"VOTE" program.
Rose Marie Meredith of West Virginia is
a licensed social worker, the Executive
Director of the Wayne County Community
Service Organization, and the former
Director of the Southwestern Community
Action Council.
Wesley Parrott of New York retired from
the Department of Social Services after
38 years as a Direct Services Supervisor
within the Crisis Intervention Unit. He
graduated from York College in 1990 with
a degree in Gerontology to better serve
the aging population.
Madeline Parsons of Nevada is a member
of the American Association of Retired
Person's Leadership Council, where she
chaired the Health and Long Term Care
Action Group. She is also a member of
the Retired Senior Volunteer Program's
Advisory Council.
Nancy Peace of Tennessee is the Director
of Human Services Planning where she is
working on a system of services to
ensure the fullest utilization of all
capabilities of the elderly.
Charlie Peritore of New York is the
Chair of the Retiree Division of the New
York Civil Service Employee Association
of the American Federation of State,
County and Municipal Employees.
Frederick Perkins of California is the
President of the National Council of
Senior Citizen's Retiree Club. He is
also a Legislative Representative to the
Congress of California Seniors.
Mike Rankin of California is the Chief of
Psychiatry and Mental Health at the Oakland VA
Medical Center and the former Commissioner
for Mental Health for the State of
Arkansas.
Linda Rhodes of Pennsylvania is the
former Director of the Pennsylvania
Office on Aging.
Kay Ryder of Vermont is the Public
Relations Director of the Visiting
Nurses Association and a member of the
American Association of Retired Persons.
Janice Schakowsky of Illinois is a State
Legislator who is well known for her
active involvement in senior citizens
issues. She is also the Executive
Director of the Illinois State Council
of Senior Citizens.
Lynn Williams Shipp of Colorado is the
President of Solutions Incorporated, a
consulting health care company based in
Boulder, Colorado.
Eleanor Slater of Rhode Island served as
both a Representative and Senator in the
Rhode Island State Legislature for 10
years. She was appointed by the
Governor to establish the Department of
Elderly Affairs, where she served as Director for
eight years.
Alan Solomont of Massachusetts is the
founder and President of ADS, an
organization specializing in long-term
care and senior living.
Viston Taylor of Tennessee is the former
Director of the Southeast Tennessee Area
Agency on Aging and was appointed by the
Governor for a six-year term on the
Tennessee Commission on Aging.
Norman Vaughan of Alaska at 89 years old
led the Mount Vaughan Antarctic
Exhibition.
Fredda Vladeck of Maryland works with
the Director of the Department of
Retiree Affairs for the Teamsters.
Diana Wiley of California is a licensed
psychotherapist specializing in
sexuality of older Americans.
Norma Wisor of Arkansas is the Executive
Director of SHARE Arkansas, a retirement
information center.
Ken Worley of Missouri is a board member
of the National Council of Senior
Citizens and the UAW Regional Director
of Retirees.
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