THE WHITE HOUSE

Office of the Press Secretary

              PRESIDENT CLINTON NAMES WARREN L. MILLER AS 
                   MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION FOR THE 
               PRESERVATION OF AMERICA'S HERITAGE ABROAD

The President today announced his intent to reappoint Warren L. Miller to serve as a member of the Commission for the Preservation of America's Heritage Abroad.

Mr. Warren L. Miller, of McLean, Virginia, is a practicing trial lawyer in Washington, D.C. and is president of Warren L. Miller, P.C. Mr. Miller has served on the Commission for the Preservation of America's Heritage Abroad since 1992. Previously, he served as of counsel to Reed, Smith, Shaw & McClay from 1986 to 1993, as a senior partner with Stein, Miller, Brodsky from 1974 to 1985, and as Assistant United States Attorney for the District of Columbia from 1969 to 1974. In 1987, Mr. Miller was appointed by President Reagan to the District of Columbia Law Revision Commission. In addition, in 1994 Mr. Miller was appointed by German government authorities to serve on the Board of the Buchenwald and Mittlebau-Dora Memorial Foundation, the entity in charge of preserving the memorial site and museum at Buchenwald, Germany.

Mr. Miller received a B.A. degree with high university honors from American University and a J.D. degree with honors from George Washington University Law School.

The purpose of the Commission for the Preservation of America's Heritage Abroad is to identify and publish a list of those cemeteries, monuments, and historic buildings located abroad which are associated with the foreign heritage of U.S. citizens from eastern and central Europe. The Commission encourages the preservation of such cemeteries, monuments, and historic sites and buildings by gaining assurances of protection, in cooperation with the Department of State, from foreign governments.

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