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THE WHITE HOUSE

                  Office of the Press Secretary
                       (Wichita, Kansas)

For Immediate Release November 17, 1997

PRESIDENT CLINTON NAMES SUSAN L. GRAHAM AS MEMBER OF THE PRESIDENT'S COMMITTEE ON THE NATIONAL MEDAL OF SCIENCE

The President today announced his intent to appoint Susan L. Graham as a Member of the President's Committee on the National Medal of Science.

Susan L. Graham, of Berkeley, California, is a member of the National Academy of Engineering. She has served on the National Science Foundation's Advisory Committee for Computer and Computation Research Division and the Advisory Committee for Science and Technology Centers. Dr. Graham is currently a Chancellor's Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences at the University of California at Berkeley. Dr. Graham received her A.B. in Mathematics, with honors, from Radcliffe College. She went on to gain her M.S. and Ph.D. in Computer Science from Stanford University.

The President's Committee on the National Medal of Science was created to recognize individuals who have made outstanding contributions to science and engineering.

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