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THE WHITE HOUSE

Office of the Press Secretary

For Immediate Release July 27, 1999

     PRESIDENT CLINTON NAMES PAIGE E. REFFE AS MEMBER OF THE BOARD 
               OF VISITORS OF THE U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY

The President today announced his intent to appoint Paige E. Reffe to serve as a member of the Board of Visitors of the U. S. Air Force Academy.

Mr. Paige E. Reffe, of Washington, D.C., is a trained lawyer with a career spanning more than 20 years in Washington, D. C. He is currently a sole practitioner at his own law firm. He was a partner at the law firm of Cutler & Stanfield, LLP. Formerly, Mr. Reffe served as a Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of Advance at the White House, from 1995 to 1996. In that capacity, he was the principal negotiator with foreign governments regarding all of the President's foreign travels. Before working at the White House, Mr. Reffe served with the U.S. Senate, U.S. Department of Justice, General Services Administration and the Office of Management and Budget.

Mr. Reffe holds a B. A. in Political Science and a J.D. from Emory University.

The Air Force Academy Board of Visitors visits the Air Force Academy annually and provides the President and the Air Force with consultations and advice concerning overall activities of the Academy. In addition, the board is required under its charter to inquire into the morale, discipline, curriculum, instruction, physical equipment, fiscal affairs, academic methods, and other matters relating to the Academy which the board decides to consider.

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