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THE WHITE HOUSE

Office of the Press Secretary

For Immediate Release April 9, 1996

NATIONAL FINALISTS FOR WHITE HOUSE FELLOWSHIPS ANNOUNCED

The White House today announced the 34 finalists for a 1996-97 White House Fellowship, the non-partisan program that brings exceptional men and women to Washington for a year to work directly for Cabinet secretaries and senior White House officials.

This year's National Finalists range in age from 27 to 46 and include many who have excelled in more than one profession: a former NBA player now working as an attorney; a published poet who's an Air Force officer serving in the Balkans; and an Olympian who's also an attorney.

A complete list of finalists, including hometowns, follows this page.

The 34 named today as finalists for the 1996-97 White House Fellowships will be interviewed over three days in mid-June by the President's Commission on White House Fellowships. The Commission will then recommend 11 to 19 names to the President for appointment.

White House Fellows spend their year serving as full-time assistants to senior presidential advisors and Cabinet officers. Fellows draft speeches and policy proposals, conduct briefings and coordinate federal programs. Their year is supplemented by an educational program of off-the-record meetings with top national leaders--Supreme Court justices, Members of Congress, Cabinet officers, Fortune 500 executives, prominent journalists and others.

Some 475 Americans have served as Fellows since the program was founded in 1965 by President Lyndon Johnson. Alumni of the Fellowship have later served as leaders in law, education, government, medicine, the media, and the military.

Among those who have served as White House Fellows are CNN president Tom Johnson, historian Doris Kearns Goodwin, retired General Colin Powell, and housing secretary Henry Cisneros.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: BRIAN THOMPSON 202-395-7471

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1996 WHITE HOUSE FELLOWSHIPS
NATIONAL FINALISTS

Labeeb M. Abboud, 37
Attorney
American Express Bank
New York, New York

Robert R. Albright, 38
Lieutenant Commander
U.S. Coast Guard Academy
East Lyme, Connecticut

Eden Allswang, 27
Graduate Student
Nitze School, Johns Hopkins
Univ.
District of Columbia

Brenda G. Berkman, 44
Lieutenant
New York City Fire Dept.
Bronx, New York

Audrey Choi, 28
Staff Reporter
The Wall Street Journal
Cambridge, Massachusetts

Kimberly R. Cornett, 25
Executive Director
Habitat for Humanity, Northern
VA
Arnold, Maryland

Linda Eddleman, 33
Attorney
Marriott International
Falls Church, Virginia

Stephanie L. Ferguson, 33
Nurse
Virginia Health Policy Center
Richmond, Virginia

Susan D. Fink, 37
Lieutenant Commander
U.S. Navy
Norfolk, Virginia

Peter S. Fiske, 29
Geologist
Lawrence Livermore Labs
San Carlos, California

Jong-on Hahmm, 36
Biomedical Researcher
Georgetown University
Potomac, Maryland

Diana L. Hauser, 31
Physician
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, Maryland

Paul Jaenichen, 35
Lieutenant Commander
U.S. Navy
St. Marys, Georgia

Samuel Jefferson, Jr., 27
Attorney
Anderson, Kill, Olick &
Oshinsky
Arlington, Virginia

Jonathan L. Lehman, 36
Principal
The Section Companies, Inc.
Nashville, Tennessee

Peter H. Liotta, 39
Lieutenant Colonel
U.S. Air Force
Athens, Greece

Lewis P. Long, 30
Management Consultant
Gemini Consulting
District of Columbia

Mark J. Mathabane, 35
Author
Kernersville, North Carolina

Kevin Monroe, 34
Accountant
Deloitte & Touche
Carter Lake, Iowa

David A. Moore, 38
Major
U.S. Air Force
Clifton, Virginia

Kelly D. Moran, 35
Manager
Palo Alto Water Quality Plant
San Mateo, California

Robert C. Orr, 32
Policy Analyst
International Peace Academy
Princeton, NJ

Patricia S. Plumer, 33
Attorney, athlete
Menlo Park, California

David H. Ready, 35
City Administrator
City of Flint
Flint, Michigan

Bonnie J. Ryan
Hospice Administrator
VITAS Health Care, Inc.
Lake in the Hills, Illinois

Jim A. Rymarcsuk, 31
Management Consultant
McKinsey & Company
Arlington, Virginia

Stefanie J. Sanford, 29
Graduate Student
JFK School, Harvard University
Cambridge, Massachusetts

Michael E. Simmons, 31
Executive Director
San Franciso Housing Development
Corp.
San Francisco, California

Elisabeth A. Stock, 27
Consultant
The World Bank
District of Columbia

Loree K. Sutton, 36
Major
U.S. Army
Leavenworth, Kansas

Wendy C. Todaro, 29
Medical Student
Stanford Medical School
Seattle, Washington

Reginald Turner, 36
Attorney
Sachs & Waldman
Detroit, Michigan

Kevin C. Vigilante, 41
Physician
The Miriam Hospital
Providence, Rhode Island

John R. Wood, 35
Lieutenant Commander
U.S. Navy
Tierra Verde, Florida