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THE WHITE HOUSE

Office of the Press Secretary


For Immediate Release May 3, 1999

PRESIDENT CLINTON NAMES DANIEL LAMAUTE AS A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE WOODROW WILSON INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR SCHOLARS

The President today announced his intent to appoint Daniel Lamaute to serve as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.

Mr. Daniel Lamaute, of the District of Columbia, is Chairman and CEO of Lamaute Capital, Inc., an investment brokerage firm specializing in retirement plans. From 1983-1996, he was President of the Lamaute Financial Group, Inc., a consulting firm to corporate and financial institutions on asset workouts, financial management and analysis, asset valuations, acquisitions and dispositions. He was an investment research manager for Equitable Life Assurance Company from 1980-1982. He previously served as a Commissioner of the Los Angeles Board of Zoning Appeals, Chairman of the National Association of Black County Officials Roundtable, and on the Board of the Institute for Caribbean Studies. Mr. Lamaute received a B.S. degree from the State University of New York at Albany and an M.B.A. degree from Washington University, St. Louis.

The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars is established within the Smithsonian Institution and is administered by an independent Board of Trustees. The Center fosters scholarship and dialogue in the humanities and social sciences by bringing Fellows to Washington, encouraging discourse, and publishing the results of their activities.

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