THE WHITE HOUSE

                     Office of the Press Secretary
                       (The Hamptons, New York)
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For Immediate Release                                      July 31, 1998

                           PRESIDENT CLINTON 
                  NAMES TERRENCE L. BRACY AS A TRUSTEE 
           OF THE MORRIS K. UDALL SCHOLARSHIP AND EXCELLENCE 
              IN NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY FOUNDATION

The President today announced his intent to nominate Terrence L. Bracy to serve as a Trustee of the Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in National Environmental Policy Foundation.

Mr. Terrence L. Bracy, of McLean, Virginia, has served on the Foundation Board of Trustees since 1994. He was subsequently elected the first Chair of the Foundation. Since 1982, Mr. Bracy has served as Chief Executive Officer of Bracy Williams & Company, a consulting firm with a clientele that includes Fortune 500 companies, U.S. cities, and Native American Tribes. From 1977 to 1979, Mr. Bracy served as the Assistant Secretary for Governmental Affairs at the Department of Transportation under President Carter. From 1966 to 1976, he was Congressman Morris K. Udall's Legislative Assistant where he worked on legislation including the Alaska Native Claims Act and Campaign Reform Acts of 1971, and 1974.

Mr. Bracy received his B.S. degree from St. Louis University and a Masters in Government from the University of Arizona.

The Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in National Environmental Policy Foundation, a bipartisan board, was created on March 19, 1992, to increase the awareness and importance of the Nation's natural resources. The Foundation fosters a greater recognition and understanding of the role of the environment, establishes programs for Environmental Policy Research and Environmental Conflict Resolution, and develops resources to properly train professionals in environmentally related fields. During it's three year existence, the Foundation has awarded 200 undergraduate scholarships to scholars throughout the United States majoring in fields related to environmental public policy, and to Native Americans and Alaskan Natives majoring in health fields and fields relating to public policy on Indian Reservations. The Foundation is located in Tucson, Arizona.

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